pogo stick

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pogo stick

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An acronym of the surnames of German inventors Max Pohlig and Ernst Gottschall, trademarked.

noun pogo sticks

  1. A toy, used for hopping up and down on, consisting of a pole with a T-bar handle at one end, and spring-loaded footpads on the other. […]when the German engineers test British-bound trains, they use imported lengths of our buggered, privatized tracks because the decently maintained European rails won’t provide accurate testing conditions. Who really won the ruddy war? I should have fled the Hogginses up the Great North Road on a r
  2. informal Synonym of tailstand. An internal cargo handling winch and “pogo stick” are provided for handling cargo inside the main cargo area.

    Similar: tailstand

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noun toy used for hopping

Españolpogo, palo saltarín
한국어스카이콩콩 seukaikongkong
日本語ポゴスティック pogosutikku
中文彈簧單高蹺 /弹簧单高跷 tánhuáng dāngāoqiāo, 跳杆 tiàogān, 彈跳桿 /弹跳杆 tántiàogān
Françaisbâton sauteur
DeutschSpringstock, Hüpfstock
Русскийпо́го-сти́к pógo-stík, тренажёр кузне́чик trenažór kuznéčik

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@misc{pogo_stick_2026,
  title = {pogo stick},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pogo%20stick},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}