different between axles vs bogie

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æks?lz/
• Homophone: axels

Noun

axles

1. plural of axle

Anagrams

• Laxes, Lexas, axels, laxes

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b???i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bo??i/
• Homophones: bogey, bogy
• Rhymes: -???i
• Hyphenation: bo?gie

Etymology 1

A dialectal word from Northern England of unknown origin which is unrelated to bogey (“hostile supernatural creature; terrifying thing, bugbear”).

Noun

bogie (plural bogies)

1. (Northern England) A low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for transporting objects or for riding on as a toy; a trolley. [from 19th c.]
2. (Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, by extension, rail transport, also attributively) 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.

   Synonym: (US) railroad truck
3. (aviation, by extension) A set of wheels attached to one of an aircraft's landing gear, or the structure connecting the wheels in one such set.

4. (Britain, dated, India, rail transport) A railway carriage.

Alternative forms

• bogey
• bogy

Derived terms

• Jacobs bogie
• non-bogie
• rocker-bogie

Translations

Etymology 2

Possibly from bogart (“to selfishly take or keep something, to hog; especially to hold a joint (marijuana cigarette) dangling between the lips instead of passing it on”) +? -ie (suffix forming colloquial nouns). Bogart is derived from the surname of the American actor Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), who was frequently shown smoking (tobacco) cigarettes in his films. The verb was popularized by its use in the song “Don’t Bogart Me” (1968) by the rock group Fraternity of Man which appeared in the soundtrack of the film Easy Rider (1969); the song has the lines “Don’t bogart that joint my friend. / Pass it over to me.”

Noun

bogie (plural bogies)

1. (chiefly US, slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette

Alternative forms

• boagie

Translations

Etymology 3

A variant of bogey.

Noun

bogie (plural bogies)

1. Alternative spelling of bogey
   1. A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
   2. A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
   3. (aviation, military, slang) An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
   4. (golf) A score of one over par on a hole.
   5. (Britain, colloquial) A piece of dried mucus in or removed from the nostril.

References

Further reading

• bogie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bogie (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bogie at OneLook Dictionary Search