Bogie vs. Boogie — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bogie and Boogie
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Definitions
Bogie
A bogie ( BOH-ghee) (in some senses called a truck in North American English) is a chassis or framework that carries a wheelset, attached to a vehicle—a modular subassembly of wheels and axles. Bogies take various forms in various modes of transport.
Boogie
Boogie is a repetitive, swung note or shuffle rhythm, "groove" or pattern used in blues which was originally played on the piano in boogie-woogie music. The characteristic rhythm and feel of the boogie was then adapted to guitar, double bass, and other instruments.
Bogie
One of several wheels or supporting and aligning rollers inside the tread of a tractor or tank.
Boogie
To dance to rock music.
Bogie
Chiefly British See truck.
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Boogie
To get going; leave
We're late.
Let's boogie.
Bogie
Variant of bogey.
Boogie
To move quickly
Boogied down the road in their car.
Bogie
(also bgē, bgē) An evil or mischievous spirit; a hobgoblin.
Boogie
Strongly rhythmic rock music.
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Bogie
(also bgē, bgē) A cause of annoyance or harassment.
Boogie
Boogie-woogie.
Bogie
A golf score of one stroke over par.
Boogie
(informal) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril cavity.
Bogie
Chiefly British The number of strokes that a good player is likely to need to finish a golf hole or course.
Boogie
A black person.
Bogie
(Slang) An unidentified flying aircraft.
Boogie
(informal) A style of swing dance.
Bogie
(Slang) A detective or police officer.
Boogie
A large, organised skydiving event.
Bogie
Chiefly British Slang A piece of dried or semisolid nasal mucus; a booger.
Boogie
(intransitive) To dance a boogie.
Bogie
To play (a hole in golf) scoring one stroke over par.
Boogie
To move, walk, leave, exit.
Let's boogie on out of here.
Bogie
(Northern England) A low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for transporting objects or for riding on as a toy; a trolley.
Boogie
An instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano).
Bogie
One of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle.
Boogie
A black person; - offensive and disparaging.
Bogie
A set of wheels attached to one of an aircraft's landing gear, or the structure connecting the wheels in one such set.
Although most A320s have two wheels on each of their main gear, a few built for the Indian market have four-wheel bogies, halving the amount of weight on each wheel and allowing the aircraft to use runways that couldn't withstand the ground pressure from a standard A320.
Boogie
To do a lively dance, often with the two partners not touching, to the accompaniment of rock music.
Bogie
A railway carriage.
Boogie
An instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
Bogie
A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette
Bogie
Alternative spelling of bogey
Bogie
A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
Bogie
A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
Bogie
An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
Bogie
(golf) A score of one over par on a hole.
Bogie
A piece of dried mucus in or removed from the nostril.
Bogie
A four-wheeled truck, having a certain amount of play around a vertical axis, used to support in part a locomotive on a railway track.
Bogie
An evil spirit
Bogie
An unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
