bogey

noun

1. A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
2. (archaic, capitalized, often, usually, with-definite-article)The Devil.
3. (figuratively)A bugbear: any terrifying thing.

   “If one man could be said to be responsible for the creation of the Russian bogy, it was a much-decorated British general named Sir Robert Wilson.”

   “Religious divides [among Protestants] went deep — this is evident from the reams of sermons and theological polemics published and avidly read — and only bashing the old bogey of Romism ('No Popery!') could unite Protestants.”

   “England could have been forgiven for believing the fates were against them as they trailed to their League A Group Four opponents, who have become something of a bogey side over the years.”

4. (British, slang)A police officer.
5. A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
6. An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.

   “He stood on the sand near the gravel road that passed within two miles of the site of the disintegrated bogey, binoculars hanging on a leather strap from his neck, face streaming with sweat under the brim of his hat... Army and government trucks passed along the road every few minutes, some bearing radiation stickers; many of those outward bound, he knew, carried fragments of the bogey. He was not privy to what they were finding.”

7. (proscribed, slang)Synonym of bandit: an enemy aircraft.

   “God dammit, Mustang! This is Ghost Rider 117. This bogey is all over me. He's got missile lock on me. Do I have permission to fire?”

8. The notional opponent of a golfer playing alone.

   “‘I was just having a practice round against bogey,’ he said. ‘I caddied for myself, so there were no witnesses.’”

9. A score of one over par on a hole.
10. (UK)A piece of mucus in or removed from the nostril; a booger.
11. (UK)A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production.
12. (Australia)A swim or bathe; a bath.

    “My mother would use leaves from trees to make soap for washing our bodies with, and unfortunately for us kids there was no excuse not to take a bogey.”

13. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of bogie (“one of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle”).
14. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of bogie (“hand-operated truck or trolley”).
15. (British, India, alt-of, alternative, dated)Alternative spelling of bogie (“railway carriage”).

    “Upgrading the tram bogeys to air-conditioned bogeys costs the State Government approximately INR 25,00,000/- per bogey.”

verb

1. (ambitransitive)To make a bogey on (a particular hole).
2. (Australia)To swim; to bathe.

name

1. A male given name.

   “Bogey's voice is breaking. When he speaks he rushes up and down the scale.”

2. (informal)Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), American film and stage actor.

   “In quintessential roles, Bogart and Bergman are former lovers reunited in wartorn Casablanca. Bogey is the cynical cafe owner who lives by his own moral code and sticks his neck out for “no one.””