[syn: bogey, bogy, bogie]
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):
bogy
n 1: an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft [syn: bogy,
bogie, bogey]
2: an evil spirit [syn: bogey, bogy, bogie]