Home › Words › B › brogglebrogglebroggle means to sniggle, or fish with a brog.EtymologyA derivative of dialectal English brog (“sniggle, fish with a brog”), equivalent to brog + -le. Compare brog (noun).verbTo sniggle, or fish with a brog.e.g.“And as this way of fishing is called Sniggling, so it is called Broggling for Eels” — 1674, The Gentleman's Recreation:To poke around, especially poke around in a hole with a stick.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.briggle 73% match — To potter around; friggle; fiddle. vs broggle →broddle 70% match — To poke; to pierce. vs broggle →brog 67% match — A pointed instrument, such as a joiner's awl. vs broggle →brogue 66% match — A strong dialectal accent, usually Irish or Scottish. vs broggle →roggle 65% match — To shake. vs broggle →guddle 65% match — To catch (fish) with the hands, especially by groping at the bank of a stream or under stones. vs broggle →broguey 64% match — Having or resembling a brogue (type of accent). vs broggle →brob 63% match — A wedge-shaped spike used to secure the end of a timber where it abuts another. Much used in earlier times in the construction of tunnelled box-timber headings. vs broggle →