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Webster 1913 Edition


Bogie

Bo′gie

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Noun.
[A dialectic word. N. of Eng. & Scot.]
A four-wheeled truck, having a certain amount of play around a vertical axis, used to support in part a locomotive on a railway track.

Definition 2024


bogie

bogie

English

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Noun

bogie (plural bogies)

  1. (India) A railway carriage.
  2. (music) A toy similar to a violin bow, consisting of a wooden stick with notches along one or more sides or edges to produce a rattly noise when kratzed (stroked) against a hard edge, lip of container etc.
  3. Alternative form of bogey: various hostile supernatural creatures, especially (Ulster Scots) a ghost.
  4. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, rail transport) Synonym of bogey: the wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi.
  5. (military) Alternative form of bogey: an unknown or hostile aircraft.
  6. (Britain) Alternative form of bogey: a booger.
  7. (golf) Alternative form of bogey: a score of one over par on a hole.
  8. Alternative form of bogart: a cigarette.

Synonyms

  • (hostile supernatural creature): See goblin

Derived terms

  • rocker-bogie

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