Sekirov Dictionary

bogey

UK /bəʊɡi/US /boʊɡi/

noun 12
verb 2
forms 4

noun12

A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
A score of one over par on a hole.
An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
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(slang, nonstandard) Synonym of bandit: an enemy aircraft.
- God dammit, Mustang! This is Ghost Rider 117. This bogey is all over me. He's got missile lock on me. Do I have permission to fire? — 1986
(UK, informal) A piece of mucus in or removed from the nostril; a booger.
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(figurative) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
- If one man could be said to be responsible for the creation of the Russian bogy, it was a much-decorated British general named Sir Robert Wilson. — 1990
A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
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The notional opponent of a golfer playing alone.
- ‘I was just having a practice round against bogey,’ he said. ‘I caddied for myself, so there were no witnesses.’ — 1931
(UK, slang) A police officer.
(UK) A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production.
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(Australia) A swim or bathe; a bath.
- My mother would use leaves from trees to make soap for washing our bodies with, and unfortunately for us kids there was no excuse not to take a bogey. — 1994
(no longer used) The Devil.

verb2

To make a bogey on (a particular hole).
(Australia) To swim; to bathe.

forms

bogeyed · bogied · bogeying · bogeys

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