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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
bogie \bo"gie\, n. a dialectic word. n. of eng. scot.
a four-wheeled truck, having a certain amount of play around
a vertical axis, used to support in part a locomotive on a
railway track.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bogie
n 1: an evil spirit syn: bogey, bogy
2: an unidentified and possibly enemy aircraft syn: bogy,
bogey
see also:
bogey bogy
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