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pogo¹

  • /ˈpəʊɡəʊ/

Rhymes with -əʊɡəʊ

Where it comes from

From pogo stick.

verb pogos · pogoing · pogoed

  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 pogos

  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, 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.

pogo²

  • /ˈpəʊɡəʊ/

Rhymes with -əʊɡəʊ

Where it comes from

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

noun pogos

  1. Canada, US A corndog on a stick.

Pogo³

proper noun

  1. A barangay of Alaminos, Pangasinan, Philippines.
  2. A barangay of Bautista, Pangasinan, Philippines.
  3. A barangay of Mangaldan, Pangasinan, Philippines.

PoGo⁴

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, slang Abbreviation of Pokémon Go

    Similar: PG

POGO⁵

noun POGOs

  1. Philippines, abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator

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"pogo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pogo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

pogo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pogo

Chicago

"pogo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pogo.

BibTeX
@misc{pogo_2026,
  title = {pogo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pogo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}