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o·gle

 (ō′gəl, ô′gəl)
v. o·gled, o·gling, o·gles
v.tr.
To look or stare at, especially in a desirous manner.
v.intr.
To look or stare, especially desirously.
n.
A sustained look or stare, especially a desirous one.

[Perhaps from Low German oghelen, oegeln, frequentative of oegen, to eye, from oghe, oge, eye; see okw- in Indo-European roots.]

o′gler n.
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ogle

(ˈəʊɡəl)
vb
1. to look at (someone) amorously or lustfully
2. (tr) to stare or gape at
n
a flirtatious or lewd look
[C17: probably from Low German oegeln, from oegen to look at]
ˈogler n
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o•gle

(ˈoʊ gəl)

v. o•gled, o•gling,
n. v.t.
1. to look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.
2. to look or stare at.
v.i.
3. to look amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.
4. to look or stare.
n.
5. an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent look.
[1670–80; < Dutch, frequentative of oogen to make eyes at, derivative of oog eye]
o′gler, n.
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ogle


Past participle: ogled
Gerund: ogling

Imperative
ogle
ogle
Present
I ogle
you ogle
he/she/it ogles
we ogle
you ogle
they ogle
Preterite
I ogled
you ogled
he/she/it ogled
we ogled
you ogled
they ogled
Present Continuous
I am ogling
you are ogling
he/she/it is ogling
we are ogling
you are ogling
they are ogling
Present Perfect
I have ogled
you have ogled
he/she/it has ogled
we have ogled
you have ogled
they have ogled
Past Continuous
I was ogling
you were ogling
he/she/it was ogling
we were ogling
you were ogling
they were ogling
Past Perfect
I had ogled
you had ogled
he/she/it had ogled
we had ogled
you had ogled
they had ogled
Future
I will ogle
you will ogle
he/she/it will ogle
we will ogle
you will ogle
they will ogle
Future Perfect
I will have ogled
you will have ogled
he/she/it will have ogled
we will have ogled
you will have ogled
they will have ogled
Future Continuous
I will be ogling
you will be ogling
he/she/it will be ogling
we will be ogling
you will be ogling
they will be ogling
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been ogling
you have been ogling
he/she/it has been ogling
we have been ogling
you have been ogling
they have been ogling
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been ogling
you will have been ogling
he/she/it will have been ogling
we will have been ogling
you will have been ogling
they will have been ogling
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been ogling
you had been ogling
he/she/it had been ogling
we had been ogling
you had been ogling
they had been ogling
Conditional
I would ogle
you would ogle
he/she/it would ogle
we would ogle
you would ogle
they would ogle
Past Conditional
I would have ogled
you would have ogled
he/she/it would have ogled
we would have ogled
you would have ogled
they would have ogled
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.ogle - look at with amorous intentions
look - perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!"
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ogle

verb leer at, stare at, eye up (informal), gawp at (Brit. slang), give the once-over (informal), make sheep's eyes at (informal), give the glad eye (informal), lech or letch after (informal) She hung round ogling the men at the factory.
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ogle

verb
To look intently and fixedly:
Idioms: gaze open-mouthed, rivet the eyes on.
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Translations

ogle

[ˈəʊgl] VTcomerse con los ojos
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ogle

[ˈəʊgəl] vtlorgner
ogle at
vt fuslorgner
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ogle

vtkein Auge lassen or wenden von, begaffen (pej); (flirtatiously) → liebäugeln mit, schöne Augen machen (+dat); legs, girlsschielen nach, beäuge(l)n (esp hum), → beaugapfeln (hum)
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ogle

[ˈəʊgl] vtmangiarsi con gli occhi
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Dubai Police deserve our full praise for keeping a vigilant eye on those who simply want to relax and enjoy their rare moments of privacy -- a concept which these oglers obviously have no regard for.
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Sparing the oglers, of course, who have to play charity and weep crocodile tears.
That was great for the oglers out there, but the 'grand entrance' took so long to play out that it dampened the excitement of the (too extended) scene.
Do you honestly think David Cameron, a man loaded enough to be able to travel club class every time he flies, would choose to sit in a cramped seat where he's on full view, shoving paprika Pringles down his neck, and prone to the odd habits of nosey oglers with cameras?
However, not only was this essay written before the publication of his best and most mature work, but it is insistently predictive and conditional rather than descriptive, as in, for instance, this much-cited passage: "The next real literary 'rebels' in this country might well emerge as some weird bunch of anti-rebels, born oglers who dare somehow to back away from ironic watching, who have the childish gall actually to endorse and instantiate single-entendre principles" (81).
[1] Sundance has come to Park City once again--the streets are filled with avid movie star oglers, film students who've hitched their way to Utah, the press corps, unknown filmmakers who are hoping to find a way to share their movies with a larger audience, industry movers and shakers and a few stars.
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But there will always be ghoulish oglers out there willing to hand him a buck so they can enjoy front seats at the great Charlie BBQ.
Take for example a recent article from Emirates 24|7 which reports that 'strange' men (we are going to give them the benefit of doubt and assume they meant strangers rather than strange, because if not there is a whole new argument to be made) hanging around gated communities like The Springs are making caretakers and families feel both uneasy and afraid ("Parents in The Springs complain of oglers and strange men", is the particular headline of this article).
Smith," William Byrd the Virginian connected James Blair's Virginia "oglers" with the English "starers" and "peepers" of the Spectator.
The dhs5 entry fee seems to dissuade the oglers. Visit www.dm.gov.ae, 04 349 2555.