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单词 boogeyman
释义

boogeyman

noun

boo·​gey·​man ˈbu̇-gē-ˌman How to pronounce boogeyman (audio)
ˈbü-
variants or less commonly boogerman
ˈbu̇-gər- How to pronounce boogeyman (audio)
ˈbü-
: bogeyman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Is there a boogeyman that hangs out in your bedroom closet? Wayne And Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2022 But the boogeyman in this 1978-set, fiendishly shivery thriller — which Derrickson directed and co-wrote, with C. Robert Cargill, from a short story by Joe Hill, the son of Stephen King — is 100 percent flesh and blood. Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post, 22 June 2022 That bit of blame-shifting went on until March, when the administration landed on the best inflation boogeyman of all, Russian President Vladimir Putin. David Blackmon, Forbes, 10 June 2022 In the 1970s and Eighties, a real-life boogeyman was snatching young Black boys from poor neighborhoods one after another, and brutally murdering them. Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2022 Wood has for years made the case that deflation, not inflation, is the real economic boogeyman. Will Daniel, Fortune, 28 June 2022 Bale’s Gorr is a killer boogeyman blending the campy and the creepy. Zack Sharf, Variety, 23 June 2022 Bale’s Gorr is a killer boogeyman blending the campy and the creepy. Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2022 Under China’s current top leader, Xi Jinping, the party’s attitudes toward the private sector took a more hostile turn and made the entrepreneur class the boogeyman for social ills. New York Times, 10 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

by alteration

First Known Use

circa 1850, in the meaning defined above

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