English
bogey
see also: Bogey
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /boʊɡi/
  • (British) IPA: /bəʊɡi/
Noun

bogey (plural bogeys)

  1. (archaic, often capitalized, usually with definite article) The Devil.
  2. A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
  3. (figuratively) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
    • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, page 54:
      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.
  4. (UK, AU, NZ, Canada, rail) Alternative form of bogie#English|bogie, one of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; the structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi.
  5. (engineering) A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
  6. (military slang) An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
  7. (military slang) Synonym of bandit#English|bandit: a known hostile aircraft.
  8. (golf) A score of one over par on a hole.
  9. (UK) Alternative form of booger#English|booger: a piece of mucus in or removed from the nostril.
Synonyms Related terms Translations
  • Russian: неопо́знанный самолёт
Translations Verb

bogey (bogeys, present participle bogeying; past and past participle bogeyed)

  1. (golf) To make a bogey.
Noun

bogey (plural bogeys)

Noun

bogey (plural bogeys)

  1. (UK, engineering) A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production.
Verb

bogey (bogeys, present participle bogeying; past and past participle bogeyed)

  1. (AU) To swim; to bathe. [from 18th c.]
Noun

bogey (plural bogeys)

  1. (AU) A swim or bathe; a bath. [from 19th c.]
    • 1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151:
      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.
Bogey
Proper noun
  1. (slang) Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), American film and stage actor.


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