( UK, regional ) To poke around a hole with a stick, as to explore, remove obstacles, etc.In concluding my remarks on the East Sussex Hounds, I must observe, that perhaps they have the worst and most difficult country in the world to hunt through, intersected with immense woods, and slotted with some thousands of sheep, besides being naturally a very cold-scenting soil consequently the hounds puggle more than is pleasing to the eye, have little or no dash, but are very patient and very perfect in working up to their fox, and are probably much surer killers than any other hounds. 1833, "Javelin," Two Days with the East Sussex, in Sporting Magazine, 2nd Series, Volume 6, page 236,.( UK, regional ) To coax (a rabbit) from a burrow by poking a stick down the hole and moving it about to delve into a hole in order to locate an animal.Puggle ( third-person singular simple present puggles, present participle puggling, simple past and past participle puggled)
British dialect (Hertfordshire, Essex), from pug ( “ to poke ” ) + -le ( “ frequentative suffix ” ).
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