bogey

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊɡi

Alternative forms

• bogie
• bogy

Noun

bogey (plural bogeys)

1. (golf) A score of one over par in golf.
2. One of two sets of wheels under a train car.
3. (UK) A bogeyman.
4. (UK) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril.
5. (engineering) A representative specimen, taken from the centre a spread of production - a sample with bogey (typical) characteristics.
6. (engineering) a standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
7. (military) An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen, and often suspected to be hostile. (Also sometimes used as a synonym for bandit - an enemy aircraft)

Synonyms

• (piece of semisolid mucus): booger (US)

Related terms

• double bogey

Translations

a score of one over par in golf

Finnish: bogey (fi)

French: bogey (fr) , boguey (fr)

one of two sets of wheels under a train car

Finnish: teli (fi)

French: boggie (fr) m.

piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril

Czech: sopel (cs) m. Danish: bussemand (da) c. Finnish: räkäpaakku (fi) French: (familiar) morve (fr) f.

German: Popel (de) m., Rotz (de) m., Schleim (de) m. Norwegian: buse (no) m. Portuguese: meleca (pt) Spanish: moco (es) m.

representative specimen

Finnish: näyte (fi)

enemy aircraft

Finnish: maali (fi) (as target), viholliskone (fi) (generally)

unidentified aircraft

Finnish: kohde (fi)

Verb

bogey (third-person singular simple present bogeys, present participle bogeying, simple past and past participle bogeyed)

1. (golf) To make a bogey.

Translations

to make a bogey

Finnish: tehdä bogey

See also

• bogart / Bogart

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from English bogey.

Noun

bogey m. (plural bogeys)

1. (golf) bogey

Alternative forms

• boguey

Coordinate terms

• eagle
• birdie
• albatros