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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft;
[syn: bogy, bogie, bogey]

2. an evil spirit;
[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]