misguggle

English

Alternative forms

  • misgruggle, misgoggle, misgrugle, misgaggle, misgoogle

Etymology

From a conflation of mis- +‎ guggle (“to soil, dirty”) and mis- +‎ gruggle (“to disorder, rumple”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪsˈɡʌɡəl/

Verb

misguggle (third-person singular simple present misguggles, present participle misguggling, simple past and past participle misguggled)

  1. (transitive) To spoil by rough or careless handling; handle roughly; rumple; crumple; maul; mangle or disfigure; mar; spoil; bungle.
  2. (transitive, Scotland) To hack; slash; carve.

Noun

misguggle (plural misguggles)

  1. Disturbance; disorder; discord.
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