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
- (intransitive) To dance the pogo.
- (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.
- (intransitive) To move rapidly up and down like a pogo stick.
- To perform the skateboarding trick called a pogo.
- (video games) to jump off an enemy or another, usually hostile, object by striking it downward
- 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.
- (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
- pogos
- pogoing
- pogoed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pogo-stick, poke, puggle, piggle, pooter, jogger.
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