bogie
Syllables: bo·gie/ˈbəʊ.ɡi/US/ˈboʊ.ɡi/
bogie noun: a low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for transporting objects or for riding on as a toy; a trolley.
Noun (1)
bogie (plural bogies)
- A low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for transporting objects or for riding on as a toy; a trolley.
- 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.
- 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.1883 April 13, “Abstracts of Specifications Published during the Week Ending November 24, 1883”, in W[illiam] H[enry] Maw, J[ames] Dredge [Jr.], editors, Engineering: An Illustrated Weekly Journal...
- The soil all along this portion of the route is so elastic and the line so straight and level that the train goes humming along without jar or vibration, and the sensation in these cars, with their six-wheeled bogies and well arranged springs, is more like what one imagines flying to be than a mere...1889, J[ames] A[rthur] Lees, W[alter] J. Clutterbuck, “The C.P.R. [Canadian Pacific Railway]”, in B.C. 1887: A Ramble in British Columbia, new edition, London; New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green, and...
- Synonyms:
- railroad truck
- A set of wheels attached to one of an aircraft's landing gear, or the structure connecting the wheels in one such set.
- 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.
- A railway carriage.
- 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.1917 October 12, “Company Meetings. [Assam Railways and Trading.]”, in The Near East: A Weekly Review of Oriental Politics, Literature, Finance, and Commerce, volume XIII, number 336, London: The...
- Although we took our eight bogies along to Whitstable at 60 m.p.h., and made a clean start from there, after Herne Bay the engine primed badly on Blacksole Bank and nearly stopped before we got over the top. Then we ran like the wind across the marshes with half-regulator, 30 per cent cut-off, and...1959 April, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Southern in Trouble on the Kent Coast”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 220
- A soapbox racing vehicle.
Noun (2)
bogie (plural bogies)
- A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
- bogies: marijuana cigarettes.[2002 November, Alonzo Westbrook, “bogies”, in Hip Hoptionary: The Dictionary of Hip Hop Terminology (Harlem Moon), New York, N.Y.: Broadway Books, →ISBN, page 15
- We normally dropped off at Shooters Billiards where we'd play pool and arcades, but sometimes left to do other shit. Shooters was a good lie to our parents when we came home smelling like smoke, because people smoked in the place, so we'd get away with smoking bogies or weed.2008, Eric James, “Suburbia Life”, in Shades of the Moon: Brawls before Laws, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 53
Noun (3)
bogie (plural bogies)
- 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.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 47
- They could not, it was said, keep Scandinavian bogies and the Scriptures separate in their puzzled brains.1936, J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, Norwood, Pa.: Norwood Editions, published 1976, page 17
- A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
- An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
- A score of one over par on a hole.
- A piece of dried mucus in or removed from the nostril.
- Reluctantly Raj used his fingernail to prise away the bogie he had long since sneezed up there and popped it in his mouth.2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
bogie meaning in Indonesian
bogie in Indonesian
- structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi
- bogie
Examples of bogie in a sentence
- The two colliding car-ends were damaged and the bogie of the standing train was lifted off the supporting rail so that its wheels settled by the side of the rail.1908 May 1, “Miscellanea”, in W[illiam] H[enry] Maw, B. Alfred Raworth, editors, Engineering: An Illustrated Weekly Journal, volume LXXXV...
- Hard work is required from men and machines as I was to experience later when footplating Lambton No 5 on five bogies battling its way up Newtondale.1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World, page 415:
- [...] Ashoke was still reading at two-thirty in the morning, one of the few passengers on the train who was awake, when the locomotive engine and seven bogies derailed from the broad-gauge line.2003 September, Jhumpa Lahiri, chapter 1, in The Namesake, New York, N.Y.: Mariner Books, published 2004, →ISBN, page 17:
- If i was the hulk i would smash you bite you like a cashew, then i smoke a bogie if i have to2019, Joseph Anthony Torres, The World of Koolassjoe, New York, N.Y.: Koolassjoe Entertainment/USZ United, →ISBN:
Synonyms of bogie
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Forms of bogie
| plural | bogies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bogey |
| alternative form | bogy |
| alternative form | boagie |
Origin of bogie
A dialectal word from Northern England of unknown origin which is unrelated to bogey (“hostile supernatural creature; terrifying thing, bugbear”).
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.”
A variant of bogey.
Words formed from bogie
- bogie bolster wagon
- Jacobs bogie
- motor bogie
- non-bogie
- rocker-bogie
Phrases with bogie
Words that rhyme with bogie
Questions about bogie
- What does bogie mean?
- Bogie means a low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for transporting objects or for riding on as a toy; a trolley.
- What is bogie in Indonesian?
- Bogie in Indonesian is bogie. See Bogie meaning in Indonesian.
- How do you use bogie in a sentence?
- The two colliding car-ends were damaged and the bogie of the standing train was lifted off the supporting rail so that its wheels settled by the side of the rail.
- What part of speech is bogie?
- Bogie is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bogie?
- Bogie is pronounced /ˈbəʊ.ɡi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bogie?
- The plural of bogie is bogies.
Words near bogie in the dictionary
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