pogo stick
noun
po·go stick
ˈpō-(ˌ)gō- 
: a pole with a strong spring at the bottom and two footrests on which a person stands and moves along with a series of jumps
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His designs are an imaginative feast, with a giraffe standing on stilts, a kangaroo bouncing on a pogo stick, and frogs reenacting Homeric battles.
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Lilian Raji, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Jonathan getting stuck following a sister’s orders to slide down the laundry chute, knocking out his teeth from adventures on a pogo stick, falling out of trees and climbing up the basketball goal and not knowing how to get down.
—Amy Eskind, Peoplemag, 30 June 2024
Neighborhood speed bumps are both harsh on impact and then poorly damped on rebound, when the compressed rear suspension springs back like a pogo stick after landing on the other side of the bump.
—Dan Carney, Popular Science, 1 Feb. 2024
These days researchers are constructing better definitions of walking and running by focusing on two simple models: pendulums and pogo sticks.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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Lilian Raji, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Jonathan getting stuck following a sister’s orders to slide down the laundry chute, knocking out his teeth from adventures on a pogo stick, falling out of trees and climbing up the basketball goal and not knowing how to get down.
—Amy Eskind, Peoplemag, 30 June 2024
Neighborhood speed bumps are both harsh on impact and then poorly damped on rebound, when the compressed rear suspension springs back like a pogo stick after landing on the other side of the bump.
—Dan Carney, Popular Science, 1 Feb. 2024
These days researchers are constructing better definitions of walking and running by focusing on two simple models: pendulums and pogo sticks.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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“Pogo stick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pogo%20stick. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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pogo stick
noun
po·go stick
ˈpō-gō-
: a pole with a strong spring at the bottom and two footrests on which a person stands and moves along by jumping
Etymology
from Pogo, a trademark
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