(UK, especially, Scotland) A goblin, imp, bogeyman, bugbear or similar a frightful being or phantom.
For ilka place I ha'e is already fu',But ae big room-'deed frien', I needna lie t'yneAn' that has long been haunted by a bogle
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(dialectal, dated) A scarecrow.
At the turn of the Nineties, the footballer Ian Wright would often celebrate his goals by running to the corner flag, and doing a ‘bogling’ move—the ‘bogle’ was a ragamuffin reggae dance then popular in the black community.
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(dance) A Jamaican dance move that involves raising and lowering the arms while moving the body in a waving motion.
In Jamaica, there's a constant stream of new moves, corresponding to big club tunes. Dancers race to put videos online in the hope of starting the next bogle, dutty wine or hot wuk sensation.
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