ogle
to look at someone or something with great interest
TRANSLATION
to ogle = begaffen, beäugen, gaffen, jdn. angaffen, beäugeln, beaugapfeln --- GOOGLE INDEX 15,800,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The eyes of each of the men OGLED the food and drink. Tempted by the fare, they displayed absolute willpower not to risk tasting it.
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ogle
verb
- to look at (someone) in a way that shows physical attraction
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
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Probably coming from a 1500s Low German word oeglen for "eye", and the verb oegen, meaning "to look at", today's English word ogle refers to an amorous look, or to watching someone with sexual interest. It is not quite the same as "flirt", which describes a playful two-way exchange of attention.
Have we aroused your interest in learning a few idioms about eyes and physical attraction? Then look no further:
- bedroom eyes = a look, usually with the eyelids half closed, that suggests intimacy (When she looked at me with those bedroom eyes, I forgot that I had a sales report to write)
- eye candy = very attractive (That bartender is a bit of eye candy, that's for sure!)
- a roving eye = looking for romance with someone other than one's partner (Carsten is having an affair? I knew he had a roving eye)
We can also use the word ogle when we look intensely at objects of desire. We might ogle a buffet of delicious deserts, our colleague's new sports car or a luxury home.
Perhaps the question remains of how to pronounce ogle. Does it rhyme with goggle, google or mogul? You guessed it, "mogul" is correct.
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SYNONYMS
gawk, stare, eyeball, leer
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Everyone is ogling that 1926 Bentley in the company car park."
verb
- to look at (someone) in a way that shows physical attraction
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
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Probably coming from a 1500s Low German word oeglen for "eye", and the verb oegen, meaning "to look at", today's English word ogle refers to an amorous look, or to watching someone with sexual interest. It is not quite the same as "flirt", which describes a playful two-way exchange of attention.
Have we aroused your interest in learning a few idioms about eyes and physical attraction? Then look no further:
- bedroom eyes = a look, usually with the eyelids half closed, that suggests intimacy (When she looked at me with those bedroom eyes, I forgot that I had a sales report to write)
- eye candy = very attractive (That bartender is a bit of eye candy, that's for sure!)
- a roving eye = looking for romance with someone other than one's partner (Carsten is having an affair? I knew he had a roving eye)
We can also use the word ogle when we look intensely at objects of desire. We might ogle a buffet of delicious deserts, our colleague's new sports car or a luxury home.
Perhaps the question remains of how to pronounce ogle. Does it rhyme with goggle, google or mogul? You guessed it, "mogul" is correct.
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SYNONYMS
gawk, stare, eyeball, leer
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Everyone is ogling that 1926 Bentley in the company car park."
