Definition of "bogie" [bo•gie]

• One of several wheels or supporting and aligning rollers inside the tread of a tractor or tank. (noun)
• Chiefly British A railroad car or locomotive undercarriage having pairs of wheels that swivel so that curves can be negotiated. (noun)
• Variant of bogey. (noun)

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• "Now, you have to understand that it's not designed to survive it being crooked like that when it touches the ground and so it's likely the first thing that will happen and, of course, the nose will be lowered much -- as late as possible at the slowest possible speed but you're probably going to tear that's called a bogie (ph), those wheels they're probably going to be torn off."
• "After some humorous misunderstandings I finally caught up with my pal Bogie and had a lovely pub lunch with the whole Bogie clan (not to be confused with "bogie" and yes, when in Britain I do try to visit only the people whose names begin with "B"), then lots of lively conversation until rather late -- and of course, I came away with a handful of entertaining disks to take away (thanks again!)"
• "They say that from the time it was built, somewhere about 1831, by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to collect water for the canals, it has been the "bogie" of the district."