pogo
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From pogo stick.
Verb[edit]
pogo (third-person singular simple present pogos, present participle pogoing, simple past and past participle pogoed)
- (intransitive) To use a pogo stick.
- (intransitive) To dance the pogo.
- (cycling) To lift the front wheel of the bicycle in the air and jump up and down on the rear wheel while in a stationary position.
- (intransitive) To move rapidly up and down like a pogo stick.
- 1997, James H. Cobb, Sea Strike (page 270)
- Just short of their objectives, the missiles pogoed, climbing steeply, then diving into their targets.
- 1997, James H. Cobb, Sea Strike (page 270)
- To perform the skateboarding trick called a pogo.
Noun[edit]
pogo (plural pogos)
- (astronautics) Pogo oscillation, a dangerous condition where fluctuations in the thrust and acceleration produced by a rocket engine generate variations in the flow of fuel to the engine, amplifying the fluctuations of thrust and acceleration in a positive feedback cycle that can eventually tear the vehicle apart.
- A dance associated with the 1970s punk rock movement in which participants jump up and down on the spot in the manner of someone riding a pogo stick.
- (cycling) The act of lifting the front wheel of the bicycle in the air and jumping up and down on the rear wheel while in a stationary position.
- A skateboarding trick in which the board is held vertically and used like a pogo stick.
Etymology 2[edit]
Genericization of the trademark Pogo, which is a hot-dog frankfurter weiner on a stick and covered in batter.
Noun[edit]
pogo (plural pogos)
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English pogo (“corndog”) genericized from the trademark Pogo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pogo m (plural pogos)
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
pogo
Laboya[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pogo
References[edit]
- Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “pogo”, in Lamboya word list, Leiden: LexiRumah
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
pogo m (plural pogos)
Derived terms[edit]
- pogo saltarín (“pogo stick”)
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