bogey

See also: Bogey

English

Alternative forms

• bogie, bogy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəʊɡi/

• Audio (RP):

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• IPA^(key): /boʊɡi/

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• Homophones: bogie, bogy
• Rhymes: -əʊɡi
• Hyphenation: bo‧gey

Etymology 1

Probably related to or alteration of bogle, akin to or from a variant of Middle English bugge (“frightening specter, scarecrow”) (whence partly bug), of uncertain origin: perhaps from obsolete Welsh bwg (“ghost, hobgoblin”) (compare Welsh bwgwl (“threat”, older “fear”), Irish bagairt (“threat”)), from Proto-Celtic [Term?], or from Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”) (compare Norwegian bugge (“big man”), dialectal Low German Bögge and Alemannic German Böögg (“goblin”, “snot”)); see also Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), whence obsolete English puck. Perhaps the Middle English and Welsh words come from a word related to buck and originally referred to a goat-shaped specter. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Golf meaning from the devil as an imaginary player.

Noun

bogey (plural bogeys)

1. (archaic, often capitalized, usually with definite article) The Devil.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satan

2. A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.

   Synonym: goblin

3. (figuratively) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
   • 2018 November 18, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 1 Croatia”, in BBC Sport‎^[2]:

     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.

   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 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. (engineering) A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
5. (military, aviation) An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
   • 1987, Greg Bear, “Lacrimosa Dies Illa!”, in The Forge of God (science fiction), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 83:

     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.

6. (military, aviation, slang) Synonym of bandit: an enemy aircraft.
   • 1986, Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., Top Gun (motion picture), spoken by Cougar:

     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?

7. (golf) A score of one over par on a hole.

   Coordinate terms: buzzard, par, birdie, eagle, albatross, condor, ostrich

8. (UK) Alternative form of booger: a piece of mucus in or removed from the nostril.

Related terms

• double bogey
• triple bogey

Translations

Devil — see Devil

euphemism for devil

• German: Leibhaftige (de) m (der, only used with article)

hostile supernatural creature

• Bulgarian: зъл дух m (zǎl duh), таласъ́м (bg) m (talasǎ́m)
• Czech: strašák (cs) m, strašidlo (cs) n
• Finnish: mörkö (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: φόβητρον n (phóbētron)

• Macedonian: зол дух m (zol duh), та́ласам m (tálasam), се́ниште n (sénište)
• Old Tupi: mba'e

any terrifying thing

• Bulgarian: плашило (bg) n (plašilo)
• Czech: strašák (cs) m, strašidlo (cs) n, postrach m
• Finnish: mörkö (fi)
• Macedonian: пла́шило n (plášilo)

standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at — see benchmark

unidentified aircraft

• Finnish: kohde (fi)
• Macedonian: неу́тврден авио́н m (neútvrden avión)
• Russian: неопо́знанный самолёт m (neopóznannyj samoljót)

enemy aircraft

• Finnish: maali (fi) (as target), viholliskone (generally)
• Macedonian: неприја́телски авио́н m (neprijátelski avión)

a score of one over par in golf

• Finnish: bogey, bogi
• French: bogey (fr), boguey (fr)
• Icelandic: skolli m
• Irish: bógaí m
• Japanese: ボギー (bogī)
• Macedonian: бо́ги n (bógi)
• Russian: бо́гги n (bóggi)

booger — see booger

Verb

bogey (third-person singular simple present bogeys, present participle bogeying, simple past and past participle bogeyed or bogied)

1. (golf, transitive, intransitive) To make a bogey on (a particular hole).

Translations

to make a bogey

• Finnish: tehdä bogi

Etymology 2

Clipping of bog-standard +‎ -ey (diminutive suffix).

Noun

bogey (plural bogeys)

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

Translations

representative specimen

• Finnish: näyte (fi)

Etymology 3

From Dharug bugi- (“to bathe, dive”).

Verb

bogey (third-person singular simple present bogeys, present participle bogeying, simple past and past participle bogeyed)

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

Noun

bogey (plural bogeys)

1. (Australia) 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.

Etymology 4

A variant of bogie.

Noun

bogey (plural bogeys)

1. 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”)
2. Alternative spelling of bogie (“hand-operated truck or trolley”)

References

• “bogey”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “bogey”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Finnish

Etymology

From English bogey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboɡi/, [ˈbo̞ɡi]
• Syllabification^(key): bo‧gey

Noun

bogey

1. (golf) bogey

Declension

• Seldom inflected in cases other than genitive singular (bogeyn) or nominative plural (bogeyt).
• For other inflected forms use bogi.

Synonyms

• bogi

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English bogey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.ɡɛ/
• IPA^(key): /bɔ.ɡe/, /bɔ.ɡi/

Noun

bogey m (plural bogeys)

1. (golf) bogey

Alternative forms

• boguey

Coordinate terms

• eagle
• birdie
• albatros