ogle

Meaning

Verb

To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.

Noun

1. An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare.
2. (Polari, plural-normally) An eye.

Synonyms

leer

stare at

stare

gaze

rubberneck

look

bright

glance

glimpse

roll off

scan

gawk at

look about one

twinkle

gawp

make eyes at

amorous gesture

look with an amorous glance

stare about one

contemplate

coquet

dally

flirt

😘

gawk

goggle

look at

ogling

Translations

lonken

lorgner

βλέμμα

mater

liebäugeln

😘

occhiata amorosa

κυττάζω

γλυκοκυττάζω

anstarren

schöne Augen machen

anglotzen

ματιά

اتلع

γλυκοκυτάζω

kokett

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈəʊɡl̩/

Etymology

17th century. Probably from Low German ögeln (“to ogle, to flirt with one's eyes”), from Middle Low German ö̂gelen, frequentative of Middle Low German ö̂gen, from Old Saxon ōgian, from Proto-West Germanic *augijan (“to show”). Alternatively from an equivalent Dutch *ogelen, but this seems unattested (only the simplex ogen). In both cases equivalent to English eye + -le.