ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pogo

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈpəʊɡəʊ/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Pogo is a verb meaning (intransitive) To use a pogo stick.

Meaning

(intransitive) To use a pogo stick.

More Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To dance the pogo.
  2. (cycling) To lift the front wheel of the bicycle in the air and jump up and down on the rear wheel while in a stationary position.
  3. (intransitive) To move rapidly up and down like a pogo stick.
  4. To perform the skateboarding trick called a pogo.
  5. (video games) to jump off an enemy or another, usually hostile, object by striking it downward
  6. A dance associated with the 1970s punk rock movement in which participants jump up and down on the spot in the manner of someone riding a pogo stick.
  7. (cycling) The act of lifting the front wheel of the bicycle in the air and jumping up and down on the rear wheel while in a stationary position.

Example Sentences

Just short of their objectives, the missiles pogoed, climbing steeply, then diving into their targets.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pogo-stick, poke, puggle, piggle, pooter, jogger.

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