/ˈbəʊ.ɡi/, /ˈboʊ.ɡi/
OriginA dialectal word from Northern England of unknown origin which is unrelated to bogey (“hostile supernatural creature; terrifying thing, bugbear”).
- Northern-EnglandA low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for transporting objects or for riding on as a toy; a trolley.
- also, attributive, broadlyOne 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 ”
“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 si”
“An empty train was by mistake sent into the rear of an ordinary train standing at the station Rathausbrücke. The two colliding car-ends were damaged and the bogie of the standing train was lifted off ”
- broadlyA 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 ru”
- British, IndiaA 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.”
“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 t”
“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.”
- datedA soapbox racing vehicle.
- US, slangA marijuana cigarette; a joint.
“bogies: marijuana cigarettes.”
“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, becau”
“If i was the hulk i would smash you bite you like a cashew, then i smoke a bogie if i have to”
- 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.”
“They could not, it was said, keep Scandinavian bogies and the Scriptures separate in their puzzled brains.”
- A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
- slangAn 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.
- British, colloquialA 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.”
Formsbogies(plural) · bogey(alternative) · bogy(alternative) · boagie(alternative)