# pogo

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpəʊɡəʊ/ · frequency rank #36,291

## Definitions
1. To use a pogo stick.
2. To dance the pogo.
3. 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.
4. To move rapidly up and down like a pogo stick.
5. To perform the skateboarding trick called a pogo.
6. to jump off an enemy or another, usually hostile, object by striking it downward

## Etymology
From pogo stick.

## Easily confused with
- **pro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-pro)
- **pop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-pop)
- **pot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-pot)
- **pos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-pos)
- **poo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-poo)
- **POW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-pow)
- **pol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-pol)
- **PSG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-psg)
- **POV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-pov)
- **pom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-pom)
- **pug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-pug)
- **PPG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-ppg)
- **pox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-pox)
- **poi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-poi)
- **PTO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-pto)
- **pon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-pon)
- **post** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-post)
- **poor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-poor)
- **port** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-port)
- **pool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pogo-vs-pool)

## Common misspellings (5)
`opgo`, `pgoo`, `poggo`, `poog`, `ppogo`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pogo