ogle
verb/ˈəʊɡl/
/ˈəʊɡl/, /ˈɑːɡl/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ogle | /ˈəʊɡl/ /ˈəʊɡl/, /ˈɑːɡl/ |
| he / she / it ogles | /ˈəʊɡlz/ /ˈəʊɡlz/ |
| past simple ogled | /ˈəʊɡld/ /ˈəʊɡld/ |
| past participle ogled | /ˈəʊɡld/ /ˈəʊɡld/ |
| -ing form ogling | /ˈəʊɡlɪŋ/ /ˈəʊɡlɪŋ/ |
- ogle (somebody) to look hard at somebody in an offensive way, usually showing sexual interest
- He was not in the habit of ogling women.
Word Originlate 17th cent.: probably from Low German or Dutch; compare with Low German oegeln, frequentative of oegen ‘look at’.Definitions on the go
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