4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Bogey \Bo"gey\, n.; pl. {Bogeys}. [Also {bogie} and {bogy}, plural {bogies}.] 1. A goblin; a bugbear. Syn: bogeyman. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy. --Wm. Black. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. (Golf) a score one stroke over par for a hole; formerly, the definition of bogey was the same as that now used for {par}, i.e., an ideal score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- it was said to be so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. Now the standard score is called {par}. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] 3. (Mil.) an unidentified aircraft; in combat situations, such craft not identified as friendly are assumed to be hostile. [PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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}.] [1913 Webster] There are plenty of such foolish attempts at playing bogy in the history of savages. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: bogey n 1: an evil spirit [syn: {bogy}, {bogie}] 2: (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole 3: an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft [syn: {bogy}, {bogie}] v : to shoot in one stroke over par From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 46 Moby Thesaurus words for "bogey": Dracula, Frankenstein, Mumbo Jumbo, Wolf-man, air armada, air force, bandit, bogeyman, boggart, bogle, booger, boogerman, boogeyman, bug, bugaboo, bugbear, bugger, combat plane, enemy aircraft, fee-faw-fum, frightener, ghost, ghoul, haunt, hobgoblin, holy terror, horror, incubus, monster, nightmare, ogre, ogress, phantom, revenant, scarebabe, scarecrow, scarer, shade, specter, spirit, spook, succubus, terror, vampire, werewolf, wraith
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