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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bogey \bo"gey\, n.; pl. bogeys. also bogie and bogy,
   plural bogies.
   1. a goblin; a bugbear.

   syn: bogeyman.
        webster 1913 suppl.

              i have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy. --wm.
                                                  black.
        webster 1913 suppl.

   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.
      webster 1913 suppl. +pjc

   3. mil. an unidentified aircraft; in combat situations,
      such craft not identified as friendly are assumed to be
      hostile.
      pjc
see also:
bogeys bogie bogy bogies par 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   1913 webster

         there are plenty of such foolish attempts at playing
         bogy in the history of savages.          --c. kingsley.
   1913 webster
see also:
bogies bogle bogey 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bogey
     n 1: an evil spirit syn: bogy, bogie
     2: golf a score of one stroke over par on a hole
     3: an unidentified and possibly enemy aircraft syn: bogy,
        bogie
     v : to shoot in one stroke over par
see also:
bogy bogie 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
46 moby thesaurus words for "bogey":
   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





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