Bogey

Word BOGEY
Character 5
Hyphenation bo gey
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Bogey"

What do we mean by bogey?

An evil or mischievous spirit; a hobgoblin. noun

A cause of annoyance or harassment. noun

A golf score of one stroke over par. noun

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

An unidentified flying aircraft. noun

A detective or police officer. noun

A piece of dried or semisolid nasal mucus; a booger. noun

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

See bogy, bogyism. noun

See bogie. noun

A goblin; a bugbear. noun

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. noun

An unidentified aircraft; in combat situations, such craft not identified as friendly are assumed to be hostile. noun

The Devil. noun

An object of terror; a bugbear. noun

One of two sets of wheels under a train car. noun

A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril. noun

A representative specimen, taken from the centre a spread of production - a sample with bogey (typical) characteristics. noun

A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition. noun

One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.

An outlaw.

One who cheats others.

An enemy aircraft.

A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Bogey

The word "bogey" in example sentences

He again started sluggishly in the final round, taking bogey from the rough on No. 1 and having to save par from thick grass short of the green at No. 2. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Jerry Kelly was at 2 over until he took double bogey from the front of the 14th green, then rinsed one in the pond short of the 15th green for another bogey. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Paul Casey shot a 72 and was at 5-over 215 with Stephen Ames (73), Justin Rose (73) and Bubba Watson (75), who made a triple bogey from the left side of the ninth green but steadied himself with pars and a lone bogey the rest of the way. ❋ Unknown (2007)

After Woods made bogey from a greenside bunker at No. 18, missing a 10-foot putt, DiMarco still had to make his 5-footer to force a playoff. ❋ Unknown (2005)

He reeled off six consecutive pars before taking bogey from a greenside bunker at No. 8. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Lawrie could have played cautiously, laid up with a wedge on his second shot and then hit another, shorter wedge shot into the green for a certain bogey 5 to secure his win. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Parry actually led the championship with seven holes to play until he made a triple bogey from the rough on No. 12, which enabled Van de Velde to regain the lead. ❋ Unknown (1999)

- U.S. Open champion Lee Janzen was at 4-under until he took a double bogey from the back bunker on the par-3 12th. ❋ Unknown (1999)

She communist bogey is an American stunt to distract the attention of the people of ❋ Unknown (1959)

You go through the different floors of that factory and come to where they are making big electrical generators and you see guards around with their rifles because Russia's bogey is that somebody is trying to copy them all the time and steal their secrets. ❋ Unknown (1934)

I would only add that however often that bogey is rechristened, and we have seen it under other names, we may be quite sure that, as our French friends would say, "plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose." ❋ Unknown (1925)

If the latter, then the bogey was a fire-and-forget weapon, with an onboard navigation computer guiding it to its destination. ❋ Douglass, Keith (2000)

Everything's coming up Red Roses as Lancashire lay title bogey to rest ❋ Unknown (2011)

Everything's coming up Red Roses as Lancashire lay title bogey to rest Matthew Hoggard: Sachin and I will always regret not being on the Lord's honours board ❋ Unknown (2011)

Everything's coming up Red Roses as Lancashire lay title bogey to rest Lancashire all-rounder Tom Smith wheels away in delight after catching Alfonso Thomas enlarge ❋ Unknown (2011)

Everything's coming up Red Roses as Lancashire lay title bogey to rest Everything's coming up Red Roses as Lancashire lay title bogey to rest Matthew Hoggard: Sachin and I will always regret not being on the Lord's honours board ❋ Unknown (2011)

Westwood's par putt is just short so he must settle for bogey, which isn't the worst outcome considering his tee-shot. ❋ Evan Fanning (2010)

I had a 30-foot birdie putt and managed to convert that into a bogey, which is really annoying. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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