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pogo stick

 
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n.
A strong stick with footrests and a heavy spring set into the bottom end, used to propel oneself along the ground by hopping.

[From Pogo, a former trademark.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: plaything consisting of a pole with foot rests and a strong spring; propelled by jumping


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An adult holding a Pogo Stick.

A pogo stick is a device consisting of a pole with a handle at one end, footpads on the other and a spring which supports the stick and user when on the ground. Usually considered a children's toy, it is used for hopping up and down by use of the spring. The pole on the stick juts down some distance below the footpads and has a rubber cover at the bottom end for traction. The operator places his feet on the footpads while balancing on the pole, then jumps or presses down on the footpads to compress the spring. When the spring has been fully compressed, the operator lifts his weight, aided by the recoil of the spring, being launched several inches or feet into the air. This process is repeated to create a hopping action. The pogo stick can be steered, with some difficulty, by shifting one's weight; thus becoming a form of locomotion.

Later, improvements on this concept have been made, including the Vurtego, Flybar, and BowGo,[1] which allow operators to jump much higher than with a regular pogo stick. Backflips and other tricks are now possible on these newer sticks, which has contributed to the growth of the new sport of stunt pogo or extreme pogo.

Animation of how a pogo stick moves.

The name is allegedly derived from the name of a manufacturer "Pohlmann & Goppel" from Springe in Lower Saxony, thought to have produced pogo sticks exported to the United Kingdom. This is doubted in Deister since the sources are missing and the firm's name is not known in Springe.[2]


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  1. ^ The Bowgo Project
  2. ^ Ullrich Manthey "Pogo Legende: Eine Erfindung voller Sprünge", Neue Deister-Zeitung vom 22. September 2007, (German).

Translations: Pogo
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kængurustylte
v. intr. - hoppe op og ned på stedet til musik

idioms:

  • pogo stick    kængurustylte

Français (French)
n. - pogo
v. intr. - danser le pogo

idioms:

  • pogo stick    échasse à ressort

Deutsch (German)
n. - Springstab
v. - mit einem Springstab hoch- und runterhüpfen, herumhüpfen

idioms:

  • pogo stick    Springstab

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ελατηριωτό ξυλοπόδαρο

idioms:

  • pogo stick    ελατηριωτό ξυλοπόδαρο

Italiano (Italian)
trampolo

idioms:

  • pogo stick    trampolo a molle

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pula-pula (m)

idioms:

  • pogo stick    pula-pula

Русский (Russian)
пого

idioms:

  • pogo stick    прыгалка

Español (Spanish)
n. - saltador
v. intr. - saltar con un saltador

idioms:

  • pogo stick    saltador

Svenska (Swedish)
(p`╚ug╚u) - pogo stick

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
弹簧单高跷, 该游戏的工具, 玩弹簧单高跷

idioms:

  • pogo stick    一种跳跃用高跷杖, 弹簧单高跷

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 彈簧單高蹺, 該遊戲的工具
v. intr. - 玩彈簧單高蹺

idioms:

  • pogo stick    一種跳躍用高蹺杖, 彈簧單高蹺

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 포고놀이 (용수철 달린 죽마를 타고 뛰어다니는 놀이)
v. intr. - 포고놀이 하고 놀다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ポゴ

idioms:

  • pogo stick    ポーゴー用の棒

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מקל קפיצי, עליו רוכבים ומנתרים‬
v. intr. - ‮שיחק בפוגו‬


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