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pogo en · NOUN · etymology 1

From pogo stick.

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.
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.
(abbreviation, alt-of, 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.
alt of pogo oscillation
A skateboarding trick in which the board is held vertically and used like a pogo stick.

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From pogo stick.

(intransitive) To use a pogo stick.
(intransitive) To dance the pogo.
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.
(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. 1997, James H. Cobb, Sea Strike, page 270:
To perform the skateboarding trick called a pogo.
to jump off an enemy or another, usually hostile, object by striking it downward

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pogoing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic

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

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