bogey

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

1. A goblin; a bugbear. Syn. — bogeyman.

I have become a sort of bogey — a kill-joy.— Wm. Black.

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.

3. Military an unidentified aircraft; in combat situations, such craft not identified as friendly are assumed to be hostile.

1. A goblin; a bugbear.

I have become a sort of bogey — a killjoy.— Wm. Black.

2. Golf A score on a given hole which is one stroke over par. Originally, bogey had the same meaning as par does now, i.e. a given score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; — said to be so-called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. A double bogey is a score of two strokes over par.

3. Golf Par. See sense 2, above. archaic

4. Military An unidentified aircraft, especially one detected on a radar screen and believed to be an enemy airplane. [Also spelled bogie.]

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC, 1913 Webster Supplement, 1913 supplement, GCIDE editors