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View usage for: (boʊgi) Word forms: plural bogeyslanguage note: The spelling bogy and the plural form bogies are also used.1. countable nounA bogey is something or someone that people are worried about, perhaps without much cause or reason. Then there is that old bogey , taxes. Age is another bogey for those in the acting business. Synonyms: bugbear, bête noire, horror, nightmare More Synonyms of bogey Bogey is also an adjective. Did people still tell their kids scare stories about bogey policewomen? 2. countable nounA bogey is an imaginary evil spirit. 3. countable nounA bogey is a piece of dried mucus that comes from inside your nose. [British, informal] 4. countable nounIn golf, when a player scores a bogey at a hole, he or she takes one more shot than the standard that has been fixed for that hole. More Synonyms of bogey bogey in British English 1 or bogy (ˈbəʊɡɪ) noun1. an evil or mischievous spirit 2. something that worries or annoys 3. golfa. a score of one stroke over par on a hole Compare par (sense 5) b. obsolete a standard score for a hole or course, regarded as one that a good player should make 4. slang a piece of dried mucus discharged from the nose 5. air force slang an unidentified or hostile aircraft 6. slang a detective; police officer verb7. (transitive) golf to play (a hole) in one stroke over par Word origin C19: probably related to bug2 and bogle1; compare bugaboobogey in British English 2 or bogie (ˈbəʊɡɪ) Australian Word origin C19: from a native Australian language bogey in American English (ˈboʊgi; for 1, usually ˈbʊgi) nounWord forms: plural ˈbogeys2. Golfa. par, esp. for an average player a former meaning b. one stroke more than par on a hole verb transitiveWord forms: ˈbogeyed or ˈbogeying US3. Golf to score one over par on (a given hole) Word origin (sense 2) after Col. Bogey (named from a popular music hall refrain), imaginary partner assumed to play a first-rategame Examples of 'bogey' in a sentencebogey British English: bogey NOUN A bogey is something or someone that people are worried about, perhaps without much cause or reason. Age is another bogey for actresses. - American English: bogey
- Brazilian Portuguese: espectro
- Chinese: 担心之事
- European Spanish: temor
- French: bête noire
- German: Schreckgespenst
- Italian: spauracchio
- Japanese: 悩みの種
- Korean: 이유없이 두려운 것
- European Portuguese: espectro
- Latin American Spanish: temor
Definition something that worries or annoys Age is another bogey for those in the acting profession. Definition an evil or mischievous spirit It was no bogey, no demon. Synonyms imp goblin bogeyman hobgoblin eidolon atua (New Zealand) kehua (New Zealand) Additional synonymsDefinition a ghost or ghostlike figure She recognized one of the women as the apparition she had seen. Synonyms ghost, spirit, shade (literary), phantom, spectre, spook (informal), wraith, chimera, revenant, visitant, eidolon, atua (New Zealand), kehua (New Zealand) Our real bête noire is the car-boot sale. Synonyms pet hate, horror, nightmare, devil, curse, dread, bogey, scourge, aversion, nemesis, anathema, bane, abomination, bogeyman, bugbear, bugaboo, thorn in the flesh or side Definition the disembodied spirit of a dead person, supposed to haunt the living The village is said to be haunted by ghosts. Synonyms spirit, soul, phantom, spectre, spook (informal), manes, apparition, wraith, shade (literary), revenant, phantasm, eidolon, atua (New Zealand), kehua (New Zealand), wairua (New Zealand) - boffin
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