'Bogey' definitions:
Definition of 'bogey'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Bogey'
From: 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]
Definition of 'bogey'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'bogey'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air armada,
- air force,
- bandit,
- bogeyman,
- boggart,
- bogle,
- booger,
- boogerman,
- boogeyman,
- bug,
- bugaboo,
- bugbear,
- bugger,
- combat plane,
- Dracula,
- enemy aircraft,
- fee-faw-fum,
- Frankenstein,
- frightener,
- ghost,
- ghoul,
- haunt,
- hobgoblin,
- holy terror,
- horror,
- incubus,
- monster,
- Mumbo Jumbo,
- nightmare,
- ogre,
- ogress,
- phantom,
- revenant,
- scarebabe,
- scarecrow,
- scarer,
- shade,
- specter,
- spirit,
- spook,
- succubus,
- terror,
- vampire,
- werewolf,
- Wolf-man,
- wraith