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body-work /'bDdiw3:k; NAmE
'ba:diw3:rk/ noun [u] the main outside structure of a vehicle, usually
made of painted metal )
Boer /bo:(r)/ noun 1
a South
African whose family originally came from the
Itr^j A ) : the Boer
War (= the war between the
Boers and the
British, 1899-1902) (
1899 M
1902 ^ |'h] ^ fa A ^
31 S A ^ ) —
see also Afrikaner
2 boer {SAfrE) a farmer AK;
AA 3 boer (SA/rf, disapproving) used to refer
to a member of the police or the army, especially in the past ( IB ftf#} LAta )
boere-wors /'buiravars;
‘bu-; NAmE -voirs/ noun [U] {SAfrE) a spicy sausage that is prepared in a long
piece and sold usually wound into a coil
(= a series of circles) j«AA« ( )
boffin /'bDfin;
/VAmf 'baifan/ noun (BrE, informal) a scientist, especially one
doing research (
bog/bng; NAmE bo:g/
noun, verb
m noun 1 [C, U] (an
area of) wet soft ground, formed of decaying plants fg# ( i&E :) : a
peat bog — see
also boggy 2
[C] {BrE,
slang) a toilet/bathroom MPJr;
: Have you got
any bog roll {= toilet paper)?
as verb (-gg-) B!I:V1 ,bog sth/sb down (in sth) [usually passive] 1 to make sth sink into mud or wet ground (£3£A/) : The tank
became
bogged down in mud. IS PS AT 2 to prevent
sb from
making progress in an activity W 5f-; Si 5!: We mustn’t get bogged
down in details. fH — /E 7 0 M T IrI IS o
,bog 'off {BrE, taboo, slang)
only used
in orders, to tell sb to go away ( K T ^ 4- ) ^ ff : Bog off, I’m
trying to sleep! i JF , ^c^Bi
m±\
bogan /'baugan; NAmE
'boo-/ noun {AustralE, NZE, informal) a rude or socially unacceptable
person fUA;
bogey /'baugi; NAmE 'bougi/ noun 1 (also bogy) a
thing that causes fear, often without reason ( )
$1
AiiF'lft 2
(also bogy) (both
BrE) {NAmE boo-ger)
{informal) a piece of dried mucus from inside your nose ( f ) #1 3 (also bogy) {BrE) = bogeyman 4 (in golf ||^^^) a score of one stroke over par (= the standard score for a hole)
ftr ( A—
fFtfc—ff )
— compare birdie(2), eaglf.(2) bo-gey-man (also bogy-man) /'baugimaen; AMm£'bougi-/ noun
{BrE also bogey, bogy) {NAmE usually boo-gey- man) {pi. men /-man/) an imaginary evil spirit that is
used to frighten children ( h!IMirFl$MN2£l$ ) The
bogeyman’s coming! !
bog gle /'bngl; NAmE 'baigl/ verb [V]
~ (at sth) {informal) to be slow to do or accept sth because you
are surprised or shocked by it ( ®P£igrfn )
A A : Even I boggle
at the idea of spending so much
money. - *| ^ , & $ U ^
& ft M „
IT»T71 sth boggles the mind (also the mind
boggles) {informal) if sth boggles the mind or the mind
boggles at it, it is so unusual that people find it hard to imagine or accept F£A*tlA}g^: The
vastness of
space really boggles the mind. A X A iM LM A LA o ‘He says he’s married to
his cats!’ ‘The mind
boggiesr
iff! ”
—compare mind-boggling boggy /'bDgi;
NAmE 'baigi/ adj. (of land ± J&) soft and wet, like a bog /S#: boggy ground
bogie /'baugi; NAmE
'bougi/ noun a small vehicle with wheels that runs on a railway/railroad
track and can be put underneath a coach/car of a train ( )
,bog-'standard adj. {BrE, informal) ordinary; with no special features E5JS3 average
bogus /'baugas; NAmE
‘bou-/ adj. pretending to be real or genuine MW; BEd
false: a bogus doctor/