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pogo.

To use a pogo stick.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈpəʊɡəʊ/
  1. To use a pogo stick.

    intransitive
  2. To dance the pogo.

    intransitive
  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. To move rapidly up and down like a pogo stick.

    intransitive
  5. To perform the skateboarding trick called a pogo.

  6. to jump off an enemy or another, usually hostile, object by striking it downward

Where this word comes from

From pogo stick.

noun/ˈpəʊɡəʊ/
  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. 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.

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  4. A skateboarding trick in which the board is held vertically and used like a pogo stick.

Where this word comes from

From pogo stick.

noun/ˈpəʊɡəʊ/
  1. A corndog on a stick.

    Canada · US
Where this word comes from

Genericization of the trademark Pogo, which is a hot-dog frankfurter on a stick and covered in batter.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.