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bog

Pronunciation: (bog, bôg), [key]
—n., v., bogged, bog•ging.

—n.
1. wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter.
2. an area or stretch of such ground.

—v.t., v.i.
1. to sink in or as if in a bog (often fol. by down): We were bogged down by overwork.
2. bog in, Australian Slang.to eat heartily and ravenously.