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AGOG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does agog mean?
• AGOG (adjective)
The adjective AGOG has 1 sense:
1. highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, etc.
Familiarity information: AGOG used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, etc.
Context example:
I've been agog all afternoon, waiting for the next episode in your mystery story
Similar:
excited (in an aroused state)
Context examples
We were agog with excitement, all except Wolf Larsen, who was too evidently disappointed in that it was not his own boat with the two victims of his malice.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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