Meaning & use
pogo sticking
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Meaning
noununcountable
The activity of bouncing along on a pogo stick, a pole with a spring and footrests, usually for fun or as a sport.
Grammar: Uncountable, like other activities: pogo sticking is hard, not a pogo sticking.
Patterns
- go pogo sticking
- good at pogo sticking
Pogo sticking looks easy until you try to balance and bounce at the same time.
The kids spent the whole afternoon pogo sticking in the driveway.
He set a record for pogo sticking by bouncing for hours.
Common combinations
- go pogo sticking
- Let's go pogo sticking in the park after lunch.
- extreme pogo sticking
- Extreme pogo sticking involves jumping several feet high.
- learn pogo sticking
- It took me a week to learn pogo sticking.
- a pogo sticking record
- She holds a pogo sticking record for the most jumps in a minute.
- pogo sticking competition
- The town's pogo sticking competition draws a crowd each summer.
Synonyms and how they differ
- bouncing
- It is a general word for jumping up and down and does not require the stick.
- hopping
- It means jumping on one foot, so it differs from the two-footed springing of pogo sticking.
- jumping
- It describes any leaping movement and is less specific than pogo sticking.
Word family
- pogo stick noun
- the spring-loaded toy or sports equipment
- pogo verb
- to bounce on a pogo stick, or to dance by jumping up and down
- pogoing noun
- the punk dance of jumping straight up and down
Commonly confused: pogo sticking or pogoing?
pogo sticking vs pogoing
Pogoing is a style of dancing at punk concerts, with no stick involved, while pogo sticking uses the toy.
Practice
What do you need for pogo sticking?
Choose one answer.
Pogo sticking is done on a pogo stick, a pole with a spring and footrests. A rope, skates or a trampoline are used for other activities.
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