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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
bogy
n 1: an unidentified and possibly enemy aircraft syn: bogie,
bogey
2: an evil spirit syn: bogey, bogie
see also:
bogie bogey
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