boggles

verb

present tense third-person singular of boggle
as in blows
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way I boggled my first effort to make homemade pasta

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Recent Examples of boggles Just thinking about how much true, false, and plain crazy stuff has been written about you boggles the mind. — Bryan West, USA Today, 12 June 2026 Go Fishing The amount and variety of fish in Lake Superior boggles the mind. — Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 7 June 2026 The number of heating and cooling systems and heat exchangers and radiators that is throughout that powertrain boggles the mind. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 3 June 2026 The hypocrisy boggles the mind. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026 How anyone ascended Drifter’s Escape truly boggles the mind. — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 16 Mar. 2026 And to say stuff to try to undermine the United States in the midst of a world-changing conflict just boggles my mind. — NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026 Raising windshield wipers is a practice that likely boggles those unaccustomed to winter weather. — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025 There’s so much richness happening in the lives of these characters, genuinely, and that boggles my mind. — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boggles
  1. blows
  2. fumbles
  3. destroys
Verb
  • That area, as much for necessity as anything, becomes highly populated once the final practice whistle blows.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
  • But anyone who understands sports beyond using them as a vehicle for political commentary knows that athletes routinely play through pain while the action is still live, then react once the whistle blows.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of blows
Verb
  • Tensions between the galley and the interior continue to escalate over lunch service, when a radio mishap fumbles the order in which the food should go out.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 26 May 2026
  • The movie fumbles the chance to do something arresting with this seminal period in art.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 May 2026
Definition of fumbles
Verb
  • Alas the aforementioned entity has invaded MJ’s mind, if not body, and destroys any idea that this passionate moment was actually real.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 28 July 2026
  • Rescue comes from a Ukrainian fighter jet, known as Ghost, that destroys the tanks from above.
    — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of destroys

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