bog

Other forms of bog

plural

bogs·

past tense

bogged·

present participle

bogging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bog

What does bog mean?

bog means "cause to slow down or get stuck". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bog?

bog has 1 syllable: bog. In IPA it is /ˈbɑɡ/.

What is another word for bog?

Close synonyms include bog down, bog down, peat bog. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bog a common word?

bog is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.