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noun
A low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for transporting objects or for riding on as a toy; a trolley.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, attributive, broadly
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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Synonyms: railroad truck
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A set of wheels attached to one of an aircraft's landing gear, or the structure connecting the wheels in one such set.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A railway carriage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, UK
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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noun
A soapbox racing vehicle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
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Synonyms: bifta, bifter, blunt, bogie, bomber, bone, bun, Camberwell carrot, doink, doinker, doob, doober, doobie, exotic cheroot, fatty, giggle stick, hogger, hooter, J, jazz cigarette, jay, jimmy, joint, juju, left-handed cigarette, muggle, number, phattie, reefer, roach, spiff, spliff, toke tube, torpedo, zol, zoot
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Alternative spelling of bogey.
A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative spelling of bogey.
A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative spelling of bogey.
An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Alternative spelling of bogey.
A score of one over par on a hole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Alternative spelling of bogey.
A piece of dried mucus in or removed from the nostril.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, colloquial
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noun
an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bogy, bogey
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aircraft
noun
an evil spirit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: bogey, bogy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: evil spirit
History
A dialectal word from Northern England of unknown origin which is unrelated to bogey (“hostile supernatural creature; terrifying thing, bugbear”).
Possibly from bogart (“to selfishly take or keep something, to hog; especially to hold a joint (marijuana cigarette) dangling between the lips instead of passing it on”) + -ie (suffix forming colloquial nouns). Bogart is derived from the surname of the American actor Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), who was frequently shown smoking (tobacco) cigarettes in his films. The verb was popularized by its use in the song “Don’t Bogart Me” (1968) by the rock group Fraternity of Man which appeared in the soundtrack of the film Easy Rider (1969); the song has the lines “Don’t bogart that joint my friend. / Pass it over to me.”
A variant of bogey.
Across languages
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
