What does "bogie" mean?
A low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for transporting objects or for riding on as a toy; a trolley.
Bogie
/ˈbəʊ.ɡi/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for transporting objects or for riding on as a toy; a trolley.
- Grammar: bogie is listed as noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: bogey, bogeys, bogy, demon.
- Useful contrasts: rigid frame.
- Usage evidence: 1878. Bogie Trucks for Railway Locomotives, &c.: [...] Fig. 1 is a cross section and Fig. 2 a section plan of a bogie. A curved casting a is fixed to the engine and a wrought-iron beam or beams b are connected to the bogie frames by links c fitted with or without springs d.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for transporting objects or for riding on as a toy; a trolley. Northern-England
- 2 A marijuana cigarette; a joint. US, slang
"bogies: marijuana cigarettes."
- 3 Alternative spelling of bogey.; A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
"All of a sudden he heard a terrible scream ahead, and he thought it must be the bogie singing his dirge."
- 4 an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft wordnet
- 5 One of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle. also, attributive, broadly
"1878. Bogie Trucks for Railway Locomotives, &c.: [...] Fig. 1 is a cross section and Fig. 2 a section plan of a bogie. A curved casting a is fixed to the engine and a wrought-iron beam or beams b are connected to the bogie frames by links c fitted with or without springs d."
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- 6 Alternative spelling of bogey.; A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
- 7 a bogle or goblin; where used as a proper name, the Devil wordnet
- 8 A set of wheels attached to one of an aircraft's landing gear, or the structure connecting the wheels in one such set. broadly
"Although most A320s have two wheels on each of their main gear, a few built for the Indian market have four-wheel bogies, halving the amount of weight on each wheel and allowing the aircraft to use runways that couldn't withstand the ground pressure from a standard A320."
- 9 Alternative spelling of bogey.; An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile. slang
- 10 A railway carriage. British, India
"The bogie coaches which he spoke of last year had been brought or were being brought into active service, but they had no further wagon stock available."
- 11 Alternative spelling of bogey.; A score of one over par on a hole.
- 12 A soapbox racing vehicle. dated
- 13 Alternative spelling of bogey.; A piece of dried mucus in or removed from the nostril. British, colloquial
"Reluctantly Raj used his fingernail to prise away the bogie he had long since sneezed up there and popped it in his mouth."
Antonyms
rigid frame
Example
"1878. Bogie Trucks for Railway Locomotives, &c.: [...] Fig. 1 is a cross section and Fig. 2 a section plan of a bogie. A curved casting a is fixed to the engine and a wrought-iron beam or beams b are connected to the bogie frames by links c fitted with or without springs d."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "bogie"?
Common synonyms include: bogey, bogeys, bogy, demon, truck.
How do you use "bogie" in a sentence?
1878. Bogie Trucks for Railway Locomotives, &c.: [...] Fig. 1 is a cross section and Fig. 2 a section plan of a bogie. A curved casting a is fixed to the engine and a wrought-iron beam or beams b are connected to the bogie frames by links c fitted with or without springs d.
How do you pronounce "bogie"?
Pronounced /ˈbəʊ.ɡi/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
A dialectal word from Northern England of unknown origin which is unrelated to bogey (“hostile supernatural creature; terrifying thing, bugbear”).
Etymology 2
Possibly from bogart (“to selfishly take or keep something, to hog; especially to hold a joint (marijuana cigarette) dangling between the lips instead of passing it on”) + -ie (suffix forming colloquial nouns). Bogart is derived from the surname of the American actor Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), who was frequently shown smoking (tobacco) cigarettes in his films. The verb was popularized by its use in the song “Don’t Bogart Me” (1968) by the rock group Fraternity of Man which appeared in the soundtrack of the film Easy Rider (1969); the song has the lines “Don’t bogart that joint my friend. / Pass it over to me.”
Etymology 3
A variant of bogey.