pogo

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈpəʊɡəʊ/

Definition of pogo

15 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To use a pogo stick.
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verb

  1. (intransitive)To use a pogo stick.
  2. (intransitive)To dance the pogo.
  3. 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.
  4. (intransitive)To move rapidly up and down like a pogo stick.
    “Just short of their objectives, the missiles pogoed, climbing steeply, then diving into their targets.”
  5. To perform the skateboarding trick called a pogo.
  6. to jump off an enemy or another, usually hostile, object by striking it downward

noun

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of pogo oscillation, a dangerous condition where fluctuations in the thrust and acceleration produced by a rocket engine generate variations in the flow of fuel to the engine, amplifying the fluctuations of thrust and acceleration in a positive feedback cycle that can eventually tear the vehicle apart.
  4. A skateboarding trick in which the board is held vertically and used like a pogo stick.
  5. (Canada, US)A corndog on a stick.

name

  1. A barangay of Alaminos, Pangasinan, Philippines.
  2. A barangay of Bautista, Pangasinan, Philippines.
  3. A barangay of Mangaldan, Pangasinan, Philippines.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, slang)Abbreviation of Pokémon Go.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From pogo stick.

Anagrams of pogo

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Words you can make from pogo

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3-letter words

2 words

2-letter words

3 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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