ogle

UK: /ˈəʊg^əl/ US: /ˈoʊgəl/ ,(ō′gəl)

Inflections of 'ogle' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

ogles

v 3rd person singular

ogling

v pres p

ogled

v past

ogled

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

o•gle /ˈoʊgəl/   v., o•gled, o•gling, n. 
v. 

1. to look at with esp. sexual interest: [~ + object]
   They ogled any woman who walked by.
   [no object]
   The workers stood there ogling.

n. [countable]

2. a look that indicates sexual interest.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

o•gle  (ō′gəl), v., o•gled, o•gling, n. 
v.t. 

1. to look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.
2. to eye;
   look or stare at.

v.i. 

3. to look amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.
4. to look or stare.

n. 

5. an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.

• Dutch, frequentative (see -le) of oogen to make eyes at, derivative of oog eye (compare Low German oegeln, German äugeln)
• apparently 1670–80

o′gler, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

ogle / ˈəʊɡ^əl/ verb

1. to look at (someone) amorously or lustfully
2. (transitive) to stare or gape at

noun

1. a flirtatious or lewd look

Etymology: 17th Century: probably from Low German oegeln, from oegen to look at

ˈogler noun