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bo·gie I. noun also bo·gey or bo·gy \ˈbōgē, -gi sometimes ˈbu̇g-, ˈbüg-\ (plural bogies also bogeys) Etymology: origin unknown 1. : a low strongly built truck or cart 2. a. chiefly Britain (1) : a swiveling axle or truck on which the leading wheels of a locomotive are fixed (2) : a four-wheel swiveling truck supporting a railroad car b. chiefly Britain : a locomotive or car equipped with a bogie c. : a swiveling truck including two or more pairs of wheels and used at the end of a vehicle (as a gun carriage) d. : the drive-wheel assembly and undercarriage of a 6-wheel truck comprising the rear four wheels so mounted as to adjust themselves to sharp curves and road irregularities 3. : one of the weightcarrying wheels on the inside perimeter of the tread of a tank serving to keep the treads in line II. noun (-s) Etymology: from Bogie river, Aberdeenshire, Scotland : tobacco in small twisted ropes III. variant of bogey |