bogie

English

a French metro car, showing one of its two goblin-like bogies

A bogie on a Finnish hopper wagon

Alternative forms

• bogey, bogy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboʊɡi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊɡi/

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• Rhymes: -əʊɡi

Etymology 1

From northern English dialect in the 19th century, not the same as bogey

Noun

bogie (plural bogies)

1. (British, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, rail transport) One of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; the structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi.
2. (India) A railway carriage.
3. (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 stroked against a hard edge, eg, the lip of container.
4. Alternative form of bogey: various hostile supernatural creatures, especially (Ulster Scots) a ghost.
5. (military) Alternative form of bogey: an unknown or hostile aircraft.
6. (golf) Alternative form of bogey: a score of one over par on a hole.

Synonyms

• (hostile supernatural creature): See goblin
• railroad truck

Derived terms

• rocker-bogie

Translations

structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi

• Dutch: draaistel n
• Esperanto: boĝio
• Finnish: teli (fi)
• French: boggie (fr) m
• German: Drehgestell f
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} bógaí m
• Italian: carrello motore di locomotiva m
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• Japanese: 台車 (ja) (daisha)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: boggi (no) m

  Nynorsk: boggi m

• Russian: ваго́нная теле́жка f (vagónnaja teléžka)
• Spanish: bogi m

railway carriage — see railway carriage

music: toy similar to a violin bow

• Finnish: räikkä (fi)
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ghost — see ghost

bogey — see bogey

Etymology 2

Noun

bogie (plural bogies)

1. (UK) Alternative form of bogey: a booger.

Translations

booger — see booger

Etymology 3

After Humphrey Bogart

Noun

bogie (plural bogies)

1. Alternative form of bogart: a cigarette.

Translations

cigarette — see cigarette

References

• “bogie”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “bogie”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.