bog

noun

• 1an area of wet muddy ground that is too soft to support a heavy body:a peat bog figurativea bog of legal complications [mass noun]:the island is a wilderness of bog and loch
• Ecology wetland with acid peaty soil, typically dominated by peat moss. Compare with fen¹.

• 2 (the bog) British informal the toilet.

verb (bogs, bogging, bogged)

• 1 (be/get bogged down) be or become stuck in mud or wet ground:the family Rover became bogged down on the beach road
• be prevented from making progress in a task or activity:you must not get bogged down in detail

• 2 [no object] (bog off) British informal go away: I told him to bog off

• 3 [no object] (bog in) Australian/NZ start a task enthusiastically:if he saw a trucker in difficulty, he would just bog in and give a hand

  [ early 20th century: bog probably in the sense 'sink, immerse (oneself)']