English Dictionary: bogey | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bogey \Bo"gey\, n.; pl. {Bogeys}. [Also {bogie}.] 1. A goblin; a bugbear. I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy. --Wm. Black. 2. (Golf) A given score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- said to be so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bogey \Bo"gey\, n. A goblin; a bugbear. See {Bogy}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bogy \Bo"gy\, n.; pl. {Bogies}. [See {Bogle}.] A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear. [bd]Death's heads and bogies.[b8] --J. H. Newman. [Written also {bogey}.] There are plenty of such foolish attempts at playing bogy in the history of savages. --C. Kingsley. |