Brogue

Word BROGUE
Character 6
Hyphenation brogue
Pronunciations /bɹəʊɡ/

Definitions and meanings of "Brogue"

What do we mean by brogue?

A strong dialectal accent, especially a strong Irish or Scottish accent when speaking English. noun

A heavy shoe of untanned leather, formerly worn in Scotland and Ireland. noun

A strong oxford shoe, usually with ornamental perforations or wingtips. noun

A variant of brog. noun

Formerly, in Ireland, a shoe made of rawhide, with the hair outward, reaching as far as the ankle and tied by thongs. noun

A similar foot-covering worn by the Scotch Highlanders, but commonly made of deer-hide, either freshly stripped off or half dried, and having holes to allow water to escape. noun

A smooth piece of wood worn on the foot in the operation of washing tin, when the ore is in fine particles. noun

A dialectal manner of pronunciation: especially used of the mode of pronouncing English peculiar to the Irish. noun

A stout, coarse shoe; a brogan. noun

Patched brogues; also, brogues studded with nails. See under Clout, v. t. noun

A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English. noun

To fish for eels by disturbing the waters verb

A strong dialectal accent. In Ireland it used to be a term for Irish spoken with a strong English accent, but gradually changed to mean English spoken with a strong Irish accent as English control of Ireland gradually increased and Irish waned as the standard language. noun

A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips. noun

A heavy shoe of untanned leather. noun

To speak with a brogue (accent). verb

To walk. verb

To kick. verb

To punch a hole in, as with an awl. verb

A thick and heavy shoe noun

A strong dialectal accent. In Ireland it used to be a term for Irish spoken with a strong English accent, but gradually changed to mean English spoken with a strong Irish accent as English control of Ireland gradually increased and Irish waned as the standard language.

A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.

A heavy shoe of untanned leather.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Brogue

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The word "brogue" in example sentences

"Mickey's gently lifting Irish brogue is enough to call a storm ....." ❋ Unknown (2010)

His brogue is pretty clear (he enunicates better that Craig Ferguson) so that would be fun. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Fun fact: the word brogue is derived from the Gaelic word, bróg, which means "shoe." ❋ Unknown (2010)

It was scarcely definite enough to be called brogue, yet there was a trick in the turning of the sentence, the wrong sound of a letter here and there, that was almost irresistible to McLean, and presaged a misuse of infinitives and possessives with which he w as very familiar and which touched him nearly. ❋ Unknown (1904)

It was scarcely definite enough to be called brogue, yet there was a trick in the turning of the sentence, the wrong sound of a letter here and there, that was almost irresistible to McLean, and presaged a misuse of infinitives and possessives with which he was very familiar and which touched him nearly. ❋ Gene Stratton-Porter (1893)

His hair was short, and stuck up aggressively; his brogue was the strongest in the regiment; his blunders were innumerable, and his look of amazement at the laughter they called forth was admirably feigned, save that the twinkle of his eye induced a suspicion that he himself enjoyed the joke as well as anyone. ❋ Unknown (1867)

Simon Pegg plays Scotty as Simon Pegg with a brogue, which is exactly what I wanted to see. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Cousin Mary was the very type of the beautiful old lady, with her silver hair and her sweet Southern Irish voice; foreigners must be warned that this resembles what they call a "brogue" about as little as the speech of a Highland gentleman resembles the jargon of the Glasgow slums. ❋ Lewis, C. S. (1955)

But she did not give her "brogue" the inimitable twist she had given it in the practices, and her readings lacked their usual fire and appeal. ❋ Lucy Maud (1921)

His face relaxes: he turns quietly, and gravely takes off his hat to the tuft, addressing the insect in a brogue which is the jocular assumption of a gentleman and not the natural speech of a peasant. ❋ George Bernard Shaw (1903)

"I drove another fellow up here last fall that dealt out the same kind of brogue you do." ❋ Hamlin Garland (1900)

This way of boorish country speech, as in Ireland it is called the "brogue" upon the tongue, so here it is called "jouring;" and it is certain that though the tongue be all mere natural English, yet those that are but a little acquainted with them cannot understand one-half of what they say. ❋ Daniel Defoe (1696)

Moog: Rhymes with "brogue" or "rogue," not the sound a cow makes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

With The Wall, she was so worried that there weren't any other (_adopts Irish "brogue" _) 'young people on the show'. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Quite apart from her looks -- and anyone would have been forced to admit that they were undeniable -- there was her voice, the true contralto _timbre_, thick and mellow, dark and sweet, like heather honey, he thought, while he and Georgy sprawled on the grass at her feet (and she had good feet) making very indifferent jokes, in that exaggerated travesty of an Irish brogue which is often all that an English school will leave with Irish boys, and vicing with each other in the folly proper to such an occasion. ❋ Martin Ross (1888)

"brogue," which always became more "pronounced" with her when she was at all excited in any way, that the Captain, even while showing every sympathy for her distressed condition, could not help chuckling as he imitated her tone of voice and accent -- much to the amusement of Master ❋ John B. [Illustrator] Greene (N/A)

'It may be so,' said Lewis, 'but it sounds to me like talking with a' brogue 'to an _Irishman_.'" ❋ George Gordon Byron Byron (1806)

You can't just lie in the corner and shave your bloody head and stick up your arse and occasionally pull it out to go (_ "brogue" _) 'Oh, I tink this is wrong and dat is wrong' and burst into tears. " ❋ Unknown (2008)

I DO love men in kilts and a sexy Scottish brogue. ❋ Nalini Singh (2009)

As Scotty, Simon Pegg looks absolutely nothing like James Doohan and in the one line he has in the trailer his Scots burr sounds more like the Lucky Charms leprechaun's brogue. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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