Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A dance associated with the 1970s punk rock movement in which participants jump up and down on the spot in the manner of someone riding a pogo stick. · The act of lifting the front wheel of the bicycle in the air and jumping up and down on the rear wheel while in a stationary position. · Ellipsis of pogo oscillation, a dangerous condition where fluctuations in the thrust and acceleration produced by a rocket engine generate variations in the flow of fuel to the engine, amplifying the fluctuations of thrust and acceleration in a positive feedback cycle that can eventually tear the vehicle apart. · A skateboarding trick in which the board is held vertically and used like a pogo stick.
To use a pogo stick. · To dance the pogo. · To lift the front wheel of the bicycle in the air and jump up and down on the rear wheel while in a stationary position. · To move rapidly up and down like a pogo stick.
From pogo stick.
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