bogie
1Automotive. (on a truck) a rear-wheel assembly composed of four wheels on two axles, either or both driving axles, so mounted as to support the rear of the truck body jointly.
Railroads. (in Britain) a truck that rotates about a central pivot under a locomotive or car.
British.
any low, strong, four-wheeled cart or truck, as one used by masons to move stones.
Origin of bogie
1Words Nearby bogie
Other definitions for bogie (2 of 2)
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How to use bogie in a sentence
“As I glanced at bogie, I saw tears streaming down his face—his ‘I do’ was strong and clear, though,” wrote Bacall.
Always in the wee small hours when it seemed to bogie and me that the world was ours—that we were the world.
bogie and Bacall purchased a $160,000 mansion in Holmby Hills, a posh enclave in Los Angeles, and played house.
In addition to her stellar body of work, she will always be remembered for being the no-nonsense half of bogie and Bacall.
Because, as Harold says, "If I hadn't got that squared away with bogie, I don't think I would have ever been the same."
The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull | Mark Jacobson | March 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
At seed time, the farmer asks the bogie what part of the crop he will have, "tops or bottoms."
Do I look like the bogie man, who lives in the woods and comes to steal away naughty children?
The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires | Laura Dent CraneThe front bogie of the truck collapsed, the wheels being torn from their axles.
The Hero of Panama | F. S. BreretonThis bogie, phantom, bugbear, is a supposed influence called "Reaction."
Restore confidence to the English by freeing them from their bogie—Joan!
The Executioner's Knife | Eugne Sue
British Dictionary definitions for bogie (1 of 2)
bogy
/ (ˈbəʊɡɪ) /
an assembly of four or six wheels forming a pivoted support at either end of a railway coach. It provides flexibility on curves
mainly British a small railway truck of short wheelbase, used for conveying coal, ores, etc
a Scot word for soapbox (def. 3)
Origin of bogie
1British Dictionary definitions for bogie (2 of 2)
/ (ˈbəʊɡɪ) /
a variant spelling of bogey 2
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