bogie

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[ boh-gee ]
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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.

  1. British.

    • any low, strong, four-wheeled cart or truck, as one used by masons to move stones.

Origin of bogie

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First recorded in 1810–20; origin uncertain

Other definitions for bogie (2 of 2)

bogie2
[ boh-gee, boog-ee, boo-gee ]

noun

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How to use bogie in a sentence

  • Then, seeing the heaving bogies of the trucks, he leaned over the side of his own car and watched the metal wheels.

    The Hero of Panama | F. S. Brereton
  • She was caught by camera-bogies on every shopping expedition, at the steeplechases, at the weddings of other people—everywhere.

    What Will People Say? | Rupert Hughes
  • With unflagging patience he fended bogies from the youngster.

    The Sheriff's Son | William MacLeod Raine
  • This carriage is made on bogies so as to run on rails passing easily round curves of 50 ft. radius.

  • "I believe you are afraid of the bogies hidden in this secret chamber, and so don't care to come," says Miss Villiers tauntingly.

    The Haunted Chamber | "The Duchess"

British Dictionary definitions for bogie (1 of 2)

bogie1

bogy

/ (ˈbəʊɡɪ) /


noun
  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. mainly British a small railway truck of short wheelbase, used for conveying coal, ores, etc

  1. a Scot word for soapbox (def. 3)

Origin of bogie

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C19: of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for bogie (2 of 2)

bogie2

/ (ˈbəʊɡɪ) /


noun
  1. a variant spelling of bogey 2

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