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pogo stick

pogo stick noun: a toy, used for hopping up and down on, consisting of a pole with a T-bar handle at one end, and spring-loaded footpads on the other.

pogo stick: a toy, used for hopping up and down on, consisting of a pole with a T-bar handle at one end, and...
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Noun

pogo stick (plural pogo sticks)

  1. A toy, used for hopping up and down on, consisting of a pole with a T-bar handle at one end, and spring-loaded footpads on the other.
    • […]when the German engineers test British-bound trains, they use imported lengths of our buggered, privatized tracks because the decently maintained European rails won’t provide accurate testing conditions. Who really won the ruddy war? I should have fled the Hogginses up the Great North Road on a...2004, David Mitchell, “The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish”, in Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, page 169
  2. (informal) Synonym of tailstand.
    • An internal cargo handling winch and “pogo stick” are provided for handling cargo inside the main cargo area.1959, Aviation Storekeeper 3 & 2, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, page 394
    Synonyms:
    tailstand

Synonyms of pogo stick

Forms of pogo stick

pluralpogo sticks

Origin of pogo stick

An acronym of the surnames of German inventors Max Pohlig and Ernst Gottschall, trademarked.

Words formed from pogo stick

Questions about pogo stick

What does pogo stick mean?
Pogo stick means a toy, used for hopping up and down on, consisting of a pole with a T-bar handle at one end, and spring-loaded footpads on the other.
What part of speech is pogo stick?
Pogo stick is a noun.
What is the plural of pogo stick?
The plural of pogo stick is pogo sticks.

Words near pogo stick in the dictionary

  1. pogies
  2. pogo
  3. POGO hub
  4. pogo oscillation
  5. pogo oscillations
  6. pogo stick
  7. pogo sticks
  8. pogo-stick
  9. pogo-sticked
  10. pogo-sticking
  11. pogo-sticks

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