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bogey

in golf, to score one stroke over par on a hole: He made a bogey on the last hole.

Not to be confused with:

boggy – wet and spongy; containing bogs: a boggy field

bogy – a hobgoblin; something that haunts, harasses, or frightens

bo·gey

also bo·gy or bo·gie (bō′gē)

n. pl. bo·geys also bo·gies

1. (also bo͝og′ē, bo͞o′gē) An evil or mischievous spirit; a hobgoblin.

2. (also bo͝og′ē, bo͞o′gē) A cause of annoyance or harassment.

3. Sports

a. A golf score of one stroke over par.

b. Chiefly British The number of strokes that a good player is likely to need to finish a golf hole or course.

4. Slang An unidentified flying aircraft.

5. Slang A detective or police officer.

6. Chiefly British Slang A piece of dried or semisolid nasal mucus; a booger.

tr.v. bo·geyed, bo·gey·ing, bo·geys

To play (a hole in golf) scoring one stroke over par.

[Possibly variant of bogle.]

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bogey

(ˈbəʊɡɪ) or

bogy

1. an evil or mischievous spirit

2. something that worries or annoys

3. (Golf) golf

a. a score of one stroke over par on a hole. Compare par⁵

b. obsolete a standard score for a hole or course, regarded as one that a good player should make

4. slang a piece of dried mucus discharged from the nose

5. (Military) air force slang an unidentified or hostile aircraft

6. slang a detective; policeman

(Golf) (tr) golf to play (a hole) in one stroke over par

[C19: probably related to bug² and bogle¹; compare bugaboo]

bogey

(ˈbəʊɡɪ) or

bogie

(Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) to bathe or swim

(Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) a bathe or swim

[C19: from a native Australian language]

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bo•gey

(ˈboʊ gi; for 2 also ˈbʊg i, ˈbu gi)

n., pl. -geys, n.

a. a golf score of one stroke over par on a hole.

b. par (def. 3).

2. bogy ¹ (defs. 1–3).

v.i.

3. (in golf) to make a hole in a bogey.

v.t.

4. to make a bogey on.

[1890–95; variant of bogy¹]

bogey

Past participle: bogeyed
Gerund: bogeying

Imperative
bogey
bogey

Present
I bogey
you bogey
he/she/it bogeys
we bogey
you bogey
they bogey

Preterite
I bogeyed
you bogeyed
he/she/it bogeyed
we bogeyed
you bogeyed
they bogeyed

Present Continuous
I am bogeying
you are bogeying
he/she/it is bogeying
we are bogeying
you are bogeying
they are bogeying

Present Perfect
I have bogeyed
you have bogeyed
he/she/it has bogeyed
we have bogeyed
you have bogeyed
they have bogeyed

Past Continuous
I was bogeying
you were bogeying
he/she/it was bogeying
we were bogeying
you were bogeying
they were bogeying

Past Perfect
I had bogeyed
you had bogeyed
he/she/it had bogeyed
we had bogeyed
you had bogeyed
they had bogeyed

Future
I will bogey
you will bogey
he/she/it will bogey
we will bogey
you will bogey
they will bogey

Future Perfect
I will have bogeyed
you will have bogeyed
he/she/it will have bogeyed
we will have bogeyed
you will have bogeyed
they will have bogeyed

Future Continuous
I will be bogeying
you will be bogeying
he/she/it will be bogeying
we will be bogeying
you will be bogeying
they will be bogeying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bogeying
you have been bogeying
he/she/it has been bogeying
we have been bogeying
you have been bogeying
they have been bogeying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bogeying
you will have been bogeying
he/she/it will have been bogeying
we will have been bogeying
you will have been bogeying
they will have been bogeying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bogeying
you had been bogeying
he/she/it had been bogeying
we had been bogeying
you had been bogeying
they had been bogeying

Conditional
I would bogey
you would bogey
he/she/it would bogey
we would bogey
you would bogey
they would bogey

Past Conditional
I would have bogeyed
you would have bogeyed
he/she/it would have bogeyed
we would have bogeyed
you would have bogeyed
they would have bogeyed

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

bogey

One over par for a hole.

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Noun	1.	bogey - an evil spirit bogie, bogy evil spirit - a spirit tending to cause harm
	2.	bogey - (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes score - a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0"
	3.	bogey - an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft bogy, bogie aircraft - a vehicle that can fly
Verb	1.	bogey - to shoot in one stroke over par golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes shoot - throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"

bogey

noun

1. bugbear, bête noire, horror, nightmare, bugaboo Age is another bogey for actresses.

2. spirit, ghost, phantom, spectre, spook (informal), apparition, imp, sprite, goblin, bogeyman, hobgoblin, eidolon It was no bogey, no demon.

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bogey

also bogy or bogie

noun

A supernatural being, such as a ghost:

apparition, bogeyman, bogle, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, revenant, shade, shadow, specter, spirit, visitant, wraith.

Informal: spook.

Regional: haunt.

Translations

BlockwagenBogeySchreckgespenst

bogeykohdemaalinäyteräkäpaakku

undirvagn

šasija

bogey

[ˈbəʊgɪ]

A. N

1. (= goblin) → duende m, trasgo m; (= bugbear) → pesadilla f
that is our bogey team → ese es nuestro equipo pesadilla

2. (Golf) → bogey m, más uno m

3. (Brit) (in nose) → moco m

4. (Brit) (= policeman) → poli m

5. (Rail) → bogie m, boga f

B. VT (Golf) to bogey a hole → hacer bogey or uno sobre par en un hoyo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bogey

¹, bogy

n pl <bogeys, bogies>

(= spectre, goblin) → Kobold m, → Butzemann m

(fig, = bugbear) → Popanz m, → Schreckgespenst nt

(Brit inf) → (Nasen)popel m (inf)

bogey

² (Golf)

n → Bogey nt

vt to bogey a hole → ein Bogey spielen or machen

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bogey

[ˈbəʊgɪ] n (worry) → spauracchio

bogie,

bogey

(ˈbəugi) noun

a four- or six-wheeled frame, supporting part of a long vehicle, eg a railway carriage.

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You've seen that she's just an old bogey like all the others."

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Meanwhile we need not be held up by the bogey of the universal rigid exactness of physics.

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If I can only teach a--a little toleration--a little ordinary kindness here toward that absurd old bogey you call the Death's Header, I shan't have lived in vain."

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Thai in command

Defending champion Justin Thomas struggled to an opening 73 which included two bogeys and a four-putt double bogey on the fourth.

Willett keeps up with Korean leader

Paisley had pars at 15 and 16, then another bogey at the 17th.

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Muthaiga's Greg Snow finally claimed the top position going into Thursday's final round of the Kenya Open qualifier's fifth leg at the par 72 Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club course on Wednesday.It was however a day of birdies and bogeys as Snow made a total of five birdies in the third round but against a similar number of bogeys.

Snow freezes opponents to take lead at Windsor

Compatriot Xander Schauffele hit an eagle and four birdies in his round of 67 to sit second with a bogey on the par four sixth meaning he missed out on a tie for the lead.

Pat's way to CIMB to the top

Hanson's par-three 14th delivered the first triple bogey and he followed it with a bogey five on the next to be five over.

It was cruise control golf to car crash!

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