bogie

[boh-gee]

bo·gie

1[boh-gee]
noun
1.
Automotive. (on a truck) a rear-wheel assembly composed of four wheels on two axles, either or both driving axles, so mounted as to support the rear of the truck body jointly.
2.
Railroads. (in Britain) a truck that rotates about a central pivot under a locomotive or car.
3.
British.
a.
any low, strong, four-wheeled cart or truck, as one used by masons to move stones.
b.
truck1 (def. 4).
Also, bogey, bogy.


Origin:
1810–20; origin uncertain

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Bogie is always a great word to know.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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bo·gie

2[boh-gee, boog-ee, boo-gee]
noun
bogy1.

bo·gie

3[boh-gee]
noun Military.
bogey1 (def. 3).

Bo·gart

[boh-gahrt]
noun
Humphrey (DeForest) (“Bogie” or “Bogey”), 1899–57, U.S. motion-picture actor.
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bogey or (Austral) bogie2 (ˈbəʊɡɪ)
 
vb
1.  to bathe or swim
 
n
2.  a bathe or swim
 
[C19: from a native Australian language]
 
bogie or (Austral) bogie2
 
vb
 
n
 
[C19: from a native Australian language]

bogie or bogy1 (ˈbəʊɡɪ)
 
n
1.  an assembly of four or six wheels forming a pivoted support at either end of a railway coach. It provides flexibility on curves
2.  chiefly (Brit) a small railway truck of short wheelbase, used for conveying coal, ores, etc
3.  a Scot word for soapbox
 
[C19: of unknown origin]
 
bogy or bogy1
 
n
 
[C19: of unknown origin]

bogie2 (ˈbəʊɡɪ)
 
n
a variant spelling of bogey

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