Bogy

3 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]:

  bogy
       n 1: an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft [syn: {bogie},
             {bogey}]
       2: an evil spirit [syn: {bogey}, {bogie}]