bogging Definition

bog
noun

1. ecol.
A flat or domed area of wet spongy poorly-drained ground, composed of acid peat and slowly decaying plant material, and dominated by sphagnum moss, sedges, rushes, etc.
Thesaurus: swamp, marsh, lowland, mire, quagmire, wetlands, fen.
(Brit)
2. coarse, slang
A toilet.

verb

bogged, bogging
1. Only in the phrases below.

Derivative: bogginess
noun

Derivative: boggy
adj

Etymology: 14c: from Irish and Scottish Gaelic bogach, from bog soft.

Phrasal Verb: bog someone or something down

To prevent them or it from progressing by an overload of work, complications, etc.

Phrasal Verb: bog off

To go away or get lost.