bogie

¹ American  

[boh-gee] / ˈboʊ gi /

noun

1. Automotive. (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.

2. Railroads. (in Britain) a truck that rotates about a central pivot under a locomotive or car.

3. British.

   1. any low, strong, four-wheeled cart or truck, as one used by masons to move stones.

   2. truck.

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bogie ² American  

[boh-gee, boog-ee, boo-gee] / ˈboʊ gi, ˈbʊg i, ˈbu gi /

noun

1. bogy.

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bogie ¹ British  

/ ˈbəʊɡɪ /

noun

1. an assembly of four or six wheels forming a pivoted support at either end of a railway coach. It provides flexibility on curves

2. a small railway truck of short wheelbase, used for conveying coal, ores, etc

3. a Scot word for soapbox

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bogie ² British  

/ ˈbəʊɡɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of bogey 2

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Etymology

Origin of bogie

First recorded in 1810–20; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

“Our bogie is forty-five per cent,” Sloan told a reporter, in 1938.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2019

We expect valuation to be compressed by the double bogie of falling eps and a declining multiple.

From Forbes • Jun. 6, 2014

Scoring is a Sisyphean task that involves compulsive checking of the PGA Tour’s computerized scoring system and a lot of guessing about who might birdie or bogie a hole.

From Forbes • Aug. 1, 2012

What with news from Pennsylvania that Secretary Mellon had ordered an uninstructed delegation, the Hoover boom last week seemed overshadowed by a bogie named Illinois-Massachusetts-New York-Pennsylvania.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had a second-class sleeper in the seventh bogie, behind the air-conditioned coach.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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