From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Nature, Householdbogbog1 /bɒɡ $ bɑːɡ, bɒːɡ/ noun1[countable, uncountable]DNLAND/GROUND an area of lowwetmuddy ground, sometimes containing bushes or grasses → marsh, swamp2[countable]DH British English informal a toiletExamples from the Corpusbog• As we walked up the river and got closer to Umbagog Lake, we entered a bog.• Comments: A very hardy plant which, though essentially a bog one, will adapt well to submerged conditions.• Like oil, gas and coalfields, peatbogs act as vastcarbonstores.• Peat bogs, nearly all of which occur in northernlatitudes. are some of the most important environments for wetlandarchaeology.• For example it might be forced into a river, bog or straight through a wall.• But the redmaples at the bog already had a red tinge.• Suddenly it swooped down towards something in the bog and vanished from sight.bogbog2 verb (bogged, bogging) →bog somebody/something ↔ down →bog offExamples from the Corpusbog• If the images in Myst bog down your screen, pony up the bucks for more memory or a fastervideocard.• When the referees begin calling the plays and deciding who gets in the game, the entire system begins to bog down.• They were told to bog off.Originbog1(1300-1400)Scottish Gaelicbogach, from bog"soft"