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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bogey \Bo"gey\, n.; pl {Bogeys}. [Also {bogie}.] 1. A goblin; a bugbear. I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy. --Wm. Black. 2. (Golf) 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bogey \Bo"gey\, n. A goblin; a bugbear. See {Bogy}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bogy \Bo"gy\, n.; pl {Bogies}. [See {Bogle}.] A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear. ``Death's heads and bogies.'' --J. H. Newman. [Written also {bogey}.] There are plenty of such foolish attempts at playing bogy in the history of savages. --C. Kingsley. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bogey n 1: an evil spirit [syn: {bogy}, {bogie}] 2: (in golf) a score of one stroke over par on a golf hole 3: (1899-1957) American film actor [syn: {Bogart}, {Humphrey Bogart}, {Humphrey DeForest Bogart}, {Bogey}] 4: an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft [syn: {bogy}, {bogie}] v : to shoot in one stroke over par; in golf
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