Definition of broggy in English:
broggy
nounPlural broggiesˈbrɒɡi
usually in phrase do a broggyAustralian informal A sharp turn or slide in a vehicle.
we wheeled around the car park doing broggies
Example sentencesExamples
- Safety Nazis don't like kids doing that these days, as the dust kicked up during the broggy is seen as an environmental hazard.
- He sees me and the old duck walking next to me, slams on the rear brake, throws a broggy and skids around us.
- It reminded me of when we used to do broggies as kids in the gravel.
- They put their gings in their pockets and rode off on their bikes to the corner shop, doing broggies.
- I managed to hold the slide (making all those broggies on gravel as a kid worthwhile).
Origin
1970s: possibly an alteration of US slang brodie, 'a spin made by a skidding vehicle', ultimately from Steve Brodie, a US daredevil who jumped from Brooklyn Bridge in 1886.