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bogey

Pronunciation: /bəʊɡi/

The English word “bogey” has 14 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
  2. The Devil.
  3. A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
  4. 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.
  7. Synonym of bandit: an enemy aircraft.
  8. The notional opponent of a golfer playing alone.
  9. A score of one over par on a hole.
  10. A piece of mucus in or removed from the nostril; a booger.
  11. A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production.
  12. A swim or bathe; a bath.

verb

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

Etymology

Probably related to or alteration of bogle, akin to or from a variant of Middle English bugge (“frightening specter, scarecrow”) (whence bug), itself of uncertain origin: perhaps from obsolete Welsh bwg (“ghost, hobgoblin”); compare Welsh bwgwl (“threat”, older “fear”), Irish bagairt (“threat”), but perhaps the root was borrowed from Germanic. Otherwise from Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up,…

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