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bogie

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bo·gie 1 also bo·gy  (bg)
n. pl. bo·gies
1. One of several wheels or supporting and aligning rollers inside the tread of a tractor or tank.
2. Chiefly British A railroad car or locomotive undercarriage having pairs of wheels that swivel so that curves can be negotiated.

[Origin unknown.]

bo·gie 2  (bg, bg, bg)
n.
Variant of bogey.

bogie1, bogy [ˈbəʊgɪ]
n
1. (Transport / Railways) an assembly of four or six wheels forming a pivoted support at either end of a railway coach. It provides flexibility on curves
2. (Transport / Railways) Chiefly Brit a small railway truck of short wheelbase, used for conveying coal, ores, etc.
3. a Scot word for soapbox [3]
[of unknown origin]

bogie2
n
a variant spelling of bogey2
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bogie - an evil spirit
evil spirit - a spirit tending to cause harm
2.bogie - an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
aircraft - a vehicle that can fly
Translations
bogie
n
(Rail) → Drehgestell nt; (= trolley)Draisine f, → Dräsine f
(Brit inf) → (Nasen)popel m (inf)

bogie
n bogie, bogey [ˈbəugi]
a four- or six-wheeled frame, supporting part of a long vehicle, eg a railway carriage. draaistel عَرَبَةُ نَقْلٍ مُنْخَفِضَةٍ لِسِكَّة الحَديد талига podvozek bogie der Blockwagen τετράτροχο ή εξάτροχο όχημα, βαγόνι bogie, carretón kandevanker, kandeplatvorm قسمت جلوآمدۀ پشت و جلوی هر واگن teli bogie תוֹשֶבֶת בַּעֲלַת גַלגָלִים מִתָחַת לְקָרוֹן רַכֶּבֶת बोगी podvozje vagona forgózsámoly kerangka beroda undirvagn carrello ボギー車 보기차 riedmenys šasija bogi draaibaar onderstel boggi wózek (jezdny) vagão двухосная тележка podvozok nizek vagon, podstavek obrtno postolje boggi, tralla ตู้รถไฟ kamyonun arka 4/6 tekerlek takımı 火車車廂的四輪或六輪底盤 візок ریل گاڑی یا کسی بڑی گاڑی کا حصہ giá chuyển hướng


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"You can frighten women," he said, "with a bogie such as this, but you have no longer a woman to deal with.
He could not hope to frighten Sir Henry to death as he had done the old uncle with his bogie hound.
 
 
 
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