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noun

Bogey n. (pl. bogeys and bogies) (Also bogie and bogy)

1.

A goblin; a bugbear.

Synonyms: bogeyman. "I have become a sort of bogey a kill-joy."

2.

(Golf) A score one stroke over par for a hole; formerly, the definition of bogey was the same as that now used for par, i.e., an ideal score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; it was said to be so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. Now the standard score is called par.

3.

(Mil.) An unidentified aircraft; in combat situations, such craft not identified as friendly are assumed to be hostile.

Bogey n. (plural bogeys)

1.

A goblin; a bugbear. "I have become a sort of bogey a killjoy."

2.

(Golf) A score on a given hole which is one stroke over par. Originally, bogey had the same meaning as par does now, i.e. 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. A double bogey is a score of two strokes over par.

3.

(Golf) Par. See sense 2, above. (Archaic)

4.

(Military) An unidentified aircraft, especially one detected on a radar screen and believed to be an enemy airplane. (Also spelled bogie)

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"Bogey" Quotes from Famous Books

... in captivity here, as you see. In solitude, in a cavern, like a ghost or a bogey. Drink! She carried me off and locked me up, and—well, I am living here, in the deserted bath house, like a hermit. I am fed. Next week I think I'll try to get out. I'm ...

— The Continental Classics, Volume XVIII., Mystery Tales • Various

... other laws, such as the laws relating to arson, burglary, criminal assault, and so on, with the same result. His outcry about the oppression of law, as such, proved to be just an empty cry about an abstraction; a bogey of his imagination. Of course, he could cite bad laws, unjust laws, as I could have done; but that would simply show that some laws are not right—a proposition upon which most people will agree. My Anarchist friend quoted Herbert Spencer in support of his contention. He referred ...

— The Common Sense of Socialism - A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg • John Spargo

... the true significance of the threat left him unmoved. In his ears it was a mere repetition of the bogey raised by Vanrenen, and that was the ...

— Cynthia's Chauffeur • Louis Tracy

... bogey used to appear: Budelfrau in Lower Austria, Berchtel in Swabia, Buzebergt in the neighbourhood of Augsburg.{46} The last two are plainly variants of Berchte, who is specially connected with the Epiphany. Berchtel used to punish the naughty children with a rod, and reward ...

— Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan • Clement A. Miles

... through, and a great sigh of relief and gratitude went up as we swung away from the boat above our heads; but I heard no one cry aloud during the experience—not a woman's voice was raised in fear or hysteria. I think we all learnt many things that night about the bogey called "fear," and how the facing of it is much less than ...

— The Loss of the SS. Titanic • Lawrence Beesley

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