pogo vs skate

pogo

verb
  • To perform the skateboarding trick called a pogo. 

  • To dance the pogo. 

  • To use a pogo stick. 

  • To move rapidly up and down like a pogo stick. 

  • 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. 

noun
  • 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. 

  • 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. 

  • A corndog on a stick. 

  • A skateboarding trick in which the board is held vertically and used like a pogo stick. 

skate

verb
  • To skateboard. 

  • To move smoothly and easily. 

  • To use the skating technique. 

  • To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty. 

  • To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates. 

adj
  • Pertaining to the technique of skating. 

noun
  • The act of roller skating or ice skating 

  • A worn-out horse. 

  • A mean or contemptible person. 

  • A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice. 

  • A fish of the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea (rays) which inhabit most seas. Skates generally have small heads with protruding muzzles, and wide fins attached to a flat body. 

  • The act of skateboarding 

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