bogie

noun

1. Automotive. (on a truck) a rear-wheel assembly composed of four wheels on two axles, either or both driving axles, so mounted as to support the rear of the truck body jointly.
2. Railroads. (in Britain) a truck that rotates about a central pivot under a locomotive or car.
3. British.
   1. any low, strong, four-wheeled cart or truck, as one used by masons to move stones.
   2. truck¹(def 4).

noun

1. bogy¹.

noun Military.

1. bogey¹(def 3).

noun, plural bo·gies.

1. a hobgoblin; evil spirit.
2. anything that haunts, frightens, annoys, or harasses.
3. something that functions as a real or imagined barrier that must be overcome, bettered, etc.: Fear is the major bogy of novice mountain climbers. A speed of 40 knots is a bogy for motorboats.
4. Military. bogey¹(def 3).

noun

1. Humphrey (DeForest)BogieorBogey, 1899–57, U.S. motion-picture actor.

noun

1. an assembly of four or six wheels forming a pivoted support at either end of a railway coach. It provides flexibility on curves
2. mainly British a small railway truck of short wheelbase, used for conveying coal, ores, etc
3. a Scot word for soapbox (def. 3)

noun

1. a variant spelling of bogey 2

verb

1. (tr) slang to monopolize or keep (something, esp a marijuana cigarette) to oneself selfishly

noun

1. Humphrey (DeForest). nicknamed Bogie . 1899–1957, US film actor: his films include High Sierra (1941), Casablanca (1942), The Big Sleep (1946), The African Queen (1951), and The Caine Mutiny (1954)

noun plural -gies

1. a variant spelling of bogey 1, bogie 1

v.

1969, “to keep a joint in your mouth,” dangling from the lip like Humphrey Bogart’s cigarette in the old movies, instead of passing it on. First attested in “Easy Rider.” The word was also used 1960s with notions of “get something by intimidation, be a tough guy” (again with reference to the actor and the characters he typically played). In old drinking slang, Captain Cork was “a man slow in passing the bottle.”