pogo
pogo — noun
1. a style of energetic dance first popular in punk rock concerts, where the dancer
a style of energetic dance first popular in punk rock concerts, where the dancer repeatedly jumps straight up and down keeping both legs together and stiff
At the punk concert, friends started doing the pogo in front of the stage.
collocation: do the pogo
Élise loved the energy of the pogo, though her knees ached the next morning.
The pogo became popular in London's punk clubs during the late nineteen-seventies.
Beatrix took a short video of the crowd's pogo to show her younger brother.
文法句型
the pogo
do the pogo
用法筆記
This term refers specifically to the dance style named after the pogo stick toy. The dance is closely associated with punk rock music from the late 1970s onward.
2. a small supporting wheel fixed to the underside of an aeroplane's wing that stop
a small supporting wheel fixed to the underside of an aeroplane's wing that stops the wing from hitting the ground while the plane is on the runway
The ground crew checked the pogo under the left wing before the plane taxied out.
collocation: check the pogo
A damaged pogo can cause the wingtip to scrape against the runway surface.
Rafael inspected the pogo wheel and found a small crack in the rubber tyre.
Modern aircraft designs sometimes replace the traditional pogo with a retractable support arm.
- wingtip wheel
more common in everyday language; 'pogo' is the technical term used by aviation professionals
文法句型
the pogo
a pogo
用法筆記
This term is used mainly in aviation maintenance and by ground crew. In everyday conversation, 'wingtip wheel' is more common.
pogo — verb
1. to travel or bounce along using a pogo stick
to travel or bounce along using a pogo stick
Tariro pogoed down the garden path, bouncing high enough to see over the hedge.
preposition: pogo down [path]
The children took turns trying to pogo across the driveway without falling off.
Kian had never learned to pogo and kept losing his balance on the stick.
At the park, Marta was pogoing across the grass so happily that her mother clapped along.
- bounce
more general; 'pogo' is specific to the toy
文法句型
pogo + adverb/preposition
用法筆記
This verb is less common in everyday speech than the phrase 'bounce on a pogo stick'. It is used mainly in informal contexts describing children's play.
常見錯誤
2. to dance by springing repeatedly off the floor with both feet kept together and
to dance by springing repeatedly off the floor with both feet kept together and legs straight, a style linked to punk rock shows
The whole crowd began to pogo when the band played their most famous song.
intransitive: crowd began to pogo
Emma and her cousin spent the evening pogoing in front of the rock club's speakers.
My father says he used to pogo at punk gigs back in nineteen eighty-two.
The singer told everyone to pogo, and the floor shook with the jumping.
- jump up and down
more general; 'pogo' implies the specific straight-leg style and punk-music context
文法句型
pogo + adverb/preposition
start to pogo
crowd + pogo
用法筆記
This verb is most naturally used in the context of punk or rock concerts. It is not used for other kinds of dancing.