the bogue (Boops boops ) Related toSpanish boga ( “ a ray-finned fish ” ) Leporinus obtusidens , fromLate Latin bōca ,bōx ;Box vulgaris is an older name forBoops boops . Compare also the obsolete termboce for this or another kind of fish.[ 1]
bogue (plural bogues )
A species ofseabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops ). FromCajun French , fromChoctaw bok ( “ creek, stream ” ) .Doublet ofbayou .
bogue (plural bogues )
( especially Southern US , Midland US ) Abayou orwaterway .Related toSpanish bogar ( “ to row ” ) ,Old French voguer ( “ to sway, move along ” ) .
bogue (third-person singular simple present bogues ,present participle boguing ,simple past and past participle bogued )
( nautical ) To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward. ^ mentioned in dictionaries since at least the 1600s, e.g.Francis Gouldman (1664 )A copious dictionary in three parts : “Boces Small fishes so called. Leucomanides. ” Originally from a western dialect, possibly fromBreton bolc'h ( “ chestnut burr, flaxseed husk ” ) .
bogue f (plural bogues )
chestnut burr FromLatin bōca .
bogue f (plural bogues )
a species ofray-finned fish,Leporinus obtusidens FromItalian boga .
bogue f (plural bogues )
boxfish Borrowed fromEnglish bug .
bogue m (plural bogues )
( computing ) bug bogue
inflection ofbogar : first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative