brogue

Meaning

Noun

1. A strong dialectal accent, usually Irish or Scottish.
2. A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.
3. (dated) A heavy shoe of untanned leather.

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To speak with a brogue (accent).
2. (intransitive) To walk.
3. (transitive) To kick.
4. (transitive) To punch a hole in, as with an awl.

Verb

to fish for eels by disturbing the waters.

Synonyms

brogan

clodhopper

work shoe

drawl

sandal

👡

stogy

dialect

burr

accent

Translations

τσαρούχι

abarcado

ιρλανδική προφορά

βαριά προφορά

accent du terroir

broque

scarpa a punta

tootschoen

brogue

borseguí

ingilizce’de irlanda aksanı

Schnabelschuh

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹoʊɡ/

Etymology

From Irish bróg (“boot, shoe”), from Old Irish bróc (“shoe, greave, legging, hose, breeches”), likely from Old Norse brók (“breeches”), from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“breeches”). The "accent" sense may instead be derived from Irish barróg (“a hold (on the tongue)”).