bogie

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a low framework on wheels, put under another vehicle such as a rail carriage so it can move:

It is believed that an object fell on the track and derailed the bogie.

As we pulled out of the station, I could hear a very unusual sound from the bogie under the train.

a carriage on a train in which passengers sit

something that causes fear in many people, often without reason:

He has raised the bogie of "privatization", striking a nationalist chord with many.

in golf, the act of getting the ball into the hole in one shot (= hit) more than par (= the expected number) for that hole:

He fell further behind when he had a bogie at the first hole.

(in golf) to score a bogie for a particular hole:

He bogied three of the last five holes.