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pogo

Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊgəʊ/

Definition of pogo

noun

(also pogo stick) (plural pogos)
  • a toy for jumping about on, consisting of a long, spring-loaded pole with a handle at the top and rests for a person’s feet near the bottom.

verb (pogoes, pogoing, pogoed)

[no object] informal
  • jump up and down as if on a pogo stick as a form of dancing to rock music, especially punk: everyone was pogoing like crazy to The Sex Pistols (as noun pogoing)old favourites went down well with much thumping of the air and pogoing

Origin:

1920s: of unknown origin

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