حَوقة A Bog
(Originally Ireland and Scotland ) An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss ) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp .
(figuratively ) Confusion , difficulty , or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.
(uncountable ) The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat ; marshland , swampland .
(UK , Ireland , Australia and New Zealand , slang ) A place to defecate : originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet . For example "I’m on the bog" - I’m sitting on/using the toilet; "I’m in the bog" - I’m in the bathroom; "I flushed it down the bog".
(Australia and New Zealand , slang ) An act or instance of defecation .
(US , dialect ) A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
Synonym
(wet spongy areas or ground): bogland , bogmire , fen , marsh , marshland , mire , morass , peat bog , slough , swamp , swampland , quagmire , wetlands ; moss (Scottish); pakihi (NZ); muskeg (Canadian)
(any place or thing that impedes progress): mire , quagmire
(toilet): toilet and bathroom