coggle

1 of 3

intransitive verb

cog·​gle

ˈkägəl

-ed/-ing/-s

dialectal, British

: wobble, totter

coggle

2 of 3

transitive verb

"

-ed/-ing/-s

dialectal

: to repair roughly : cobble

—usually used with up

coggle

3 of 3

noun

"

plural -s

: a ceramics tool that consists mainly of a wheel or disk and is used to make indentations or grooves in the outer edges of plates

Word History

Etymology

Intransitive verb

perhaps alteration of cockle entry 7

Transitive verb

perhaps alteration of cobble entry 1

Noun

perhaps from cog entry 1 + -le

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