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bog

B0366800 (bôg, bŏg)n.1. a. An area having a wet, spongy, acidic substrate composed chiefly of sphagnum moss and peat in which characteristic shrubs and herbs and sometimes trees usually grow.b. Any of certain other wetland areas, such as a fen, having a peat substrate. Also called peat bog.2. An area of soft, naturally waterlogged ground.3. Chiefly British Slang A restroom or toilet.v. bogged, bog·ging, bogs v.tr.1. To cause to sink in a bog: The bus got bogged down in the muddy road.2. To hinder or slow: The project got bogged down in haggling about procedures.v.intr. To be hindered and slowed.
[Irish Gaelic bogach, from bog, soft; see bheug- in Indo-European roots.]
bog′gi·ness n.bog′gy adj.

bogging

(ˈbɒɡɪŋ) adjinformal Scot filthy; covered in dirt and grime