EGAVE

bogie

About 0.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for transporting objects or for riding on as a toy; a trolley. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun One 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.
  3. noun A 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 runways that couldn't withstand the ground pressure from a standard A320.
  4. noun A railway carriage.
  5. noun A soapbox racing vehicle.
  6. noun A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
  7. noun Alternative spelling of bogey. A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature. A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition. An 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. A piece of dried mucus in or removed from the nostril.
  8. noun A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.

Similar words

bogy target goblin bogie bolster wagon bo-bo box wagon bissell truck bissel truck barrow rollbock

Often followed by

and was wheels of is frame said had in

Word family

bogey bogeys bogies bogy

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