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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an evil spirit [syn: bogey, bogy, bogie]
2: (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole
3: an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft [syn: bogy, bogie, bogey] v
1: to shoot in one stroke over par

Merriam Webster's

I. noun also bogie or bogy (plural bogeys; also bogies) Etymology: probably alteration of bogle Date: 1826 1. specter, phantom 2. a source of fear, perplexity, or harassment 3. a. chiefly British an average golfer's score used as a standard for a particular hole or course b. one stroke over par on a hole in golf 4. a numerical standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at especially in competition 5. an unidentified aircraft; especially one not positively identified as friendly and so assumed to be hostile II. transitive verb (bogeyed; bogeying) Date: 1948 to shoot (a hole in golf) in one over par

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. Golf --n. (pl. -eys) 1 a score of one stroke more than par at any hole. 2 (formerly) a score that a good player should do a hole or course in; par. --v.tr. (-eys, -eyed) play (a hole) in one stroke more than par. Etymology: perh. f. Bogey as an imaginary player 2. n. (also bogy) (pl. -eys or -ies) 1 an evil or mischievous spirit; a devil. 2 an awkward thing or circumstance. 3 sl. a piece of dried nasal mucus. Etymology: 19th c., orig. as a proper name: cf. BOGLE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bogey Bo"gey, n.; pl. Bogeys. [Also bogie.] 1. A goblin; a bugbear. I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy. --Wm. Black. 2. (Golf) A given score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- said to be so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bogey Bo"gey, n. A goblin; a bugbear. See Bogy.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bogy Bo"gy, n.; pl. Bogies. [See Bogle.] A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear. ``Death's heads and bogies.'' --J. H. Newman. [Written also bogey.] There are plenty of such foolish attempts at playing bogy in the history of savages. --C. Kingsley.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(bogeys) Note: The spelling 'bogy' and the plural form 'bogies' are also used. A bogey is something or someone that people are worried about, perhaps without much cause or reason. Age is another bogey for actresses. N-COUNT: usu with supp • Bogey is also an adjective. Did people still tell their kids imbecilic scare stories about bogey policewomen? ADJ: ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n.; (also bogy) Hobgoblin, bugaboo.

Moby Thesaurus

Dracula, Frankenstein, Mumbo Jumbo, Wolf-man, air armada, air force, bandit, bogeyman, boggart, bogle, booger, boogerman, boogeyman, bug, bugaboo, bugbear, bugger, combat plane, enemy aircraft, fee-faw-fum, frightener, ghost, ghoul, haunt, hobgoblin, holy terror, horror, incubus, monster, nightmare, ogre, ogress, phantom, revenant, scarebabe, scarecrow, scarer, shade, specter, spirit, spook, succubus, terror, vampire, werewolf, wraith