pogo

Meanings

Verb

• To use a pogo stick.
• 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.
• To move rapidly up and down like a pogo stick.

Noun

• 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.
• 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.
• A corndog on a stick.

Origin

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