bogie
bogie Lexical Profile
bogie Game Scores & Validity
• noun
British A swiveling wheeled undercarriage or framework mounted beneath a railway locomotive, carriage, or heavy truck to distribute weight and help it navigate curves smoothly.
"The engineers inspected the rear bogie of the passenger train after noticing a slight vibration on the curved track."
British A small, low, four-wheeled cart, trolley, or homemade soapbox vehicle without an engine, used for transporting heavy loads or coasting downhill.
"As children, they built a wooden bogie out of old pram wheels and raced it down the village hill."
An evil or mischievous spirit, goblin, or imaginary monster invoked to frighten children, or any persistent source of fear and annoyance; a bogey.
"Folklore from the border regions is filled with tales of a mischievous bogie lurking in the dark woods."
British A piece of dried nasal mucus (informal or slang).
"The little boy giggled when his sister told him to wipe the bogie off his nose with a tissue."
Word Nuance & Usage
In British railway engineering, the spelling 'bogie' is standard for a wheeled undercarriage, whereas 'bogey' is strictly preferred worldwide for the golf score of one stroke over par.
• Rhymes for bogie
Word Origin & Etymology
The railway sense originated in early 19th-century northern England coal-mining dialect for a low, wheeled coal cart, while the goblin sense is a variant of 'bogy' or 'bogle', of uncertain Northern English or Scots origin.