[syn: bogy, bogie, bogey]
VERB (1)
1. to shoot in one stroke over par;
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]
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bogey
n 1: an evil spirit [syn: bogey, bogy, bogie]
2: (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole
3: an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft [syn: bogy,
bogie, bogey]
v 1: to shoot in one stroke over par
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