bogey

== English == === Alternative forms === bogie, bogy === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bəʊɡi/ (General American) IPA(key): /boʊɡi/ Homophones: bogie, bogy Rhymes: -əʊɡi Hyphenation: bo‧gey === Etymology 1 === Probably related to or alteration of bogle, akin to or from a variant of Middle English bugge (“frightening specter, scarecrow”) (whence bug), itself of uncertain origin: perhaps from obsolete Welsh bwg (“ghost, hobgoblin”); compare Welsh bwgwl (“threat”, older “fear”), Irish bagairt (“threat”), but perhaps the root was borrowed from Germanic. Otherwise from Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”); compare Norwegian bugge (“big man”), dialectal Low German Bögge and Alemannic German Böögg (“goblin”, “snot”). See also Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), Old English pūca (“goblin, mischievous spirit”), Icelandic púki Swedish puke (“small devil, spook”), whence obsolete English puck. Perhaps the Middle English and Welsh words come from a word related to buck and originally referred to a goat-shaped specter. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Compare also booger. The golf sense is from the devil as an imaginary player. The sometimes proscribed conflation with bandit was popularized by the 1986 film Top Gun. ==== Noun ==== bogey (plural bogeys) A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature. Synonym: goblin (archaic, often capitalized, usually with definite article) The Devil. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satan (figuratively) A bugbear: any terrifying thing. (British, slang) A police officer. (engineering) A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition. (military, aviation) An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile. (military, aviation, slang, proscribed) Synonym of bandit: an enemy aircraft. (golf) The notional opponent of a golfer playing alone. (golf) A score of one over par on a hole. Coordinate terms: buzzard, par, birdie, eagle, albatross, condor, ostrich (UK) A piece of mucus in or removed from the nostril; a booger. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== bogey (third-person singular simple present bogeys, present participle bogeying, simple past and past participle bogeyed or bogied) (golf, ambitransitive) To make a bogey on (a particular hole). ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of bog-standard +‎ -ey (diminutive suffix). ==== Noun ==== bogey (plural bogeys) (UK, engineering) A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From Dharug bugi- (“to bathe, dive”). ==== Verb ==== bogey (third-person singular simple present bogeys, present participle bogeying, simple past and past participle bogeyed) (Australia) To swim; to bathe. [from 18th c.] ==== Noun ==== bogey (plural bogeys) (Australia) A swim or bathe; a bath. [from 19th c.] 1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151: My mother would use leaves from trees to make soap for washing our bodies with, and unfortunately for us kids there was no excuse not to take a bogey. === Etymology 4 === A variant of bogie. ==== Noun ==== bogey (plural bogeys) Alternative spelling of bogie (“one of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle”). Alternative spelling of bogie (“hand-operated truck or trolley”). (British, dated, India, rail transport) Alternative spelling of bogie (“railway carriage”). ==== References ==== “bogey”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “bogey”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Finnish == === Etymology === From English bogey. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboɡi/, [ˈbo̞ɡi] Rhymes: -oɡi Syllabification(key): bo‧gey Hyphenation(key): bo‧gey === Noun === bogey (golf) bogey ==== Declension ==== Seldom inflected in cases other than genitive singular (bogeyn) or nominative plural (bogeyt). For other inflected forms use bogi. ==== Synonyms ==== bogi == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bogey. === Pronunciation === (France) IPA(key): /bɔ.ɡɛ/ (Quebec) IPA(key): /bɔ.ɡe/, /bɔ.ɡi/ === Noun === bogey m (plural bogeys) (golf) bogey ==== Alternative forms ==== boguey ==== Coordinate terms ==== eagle birdie albatros == Yola == === Etymology === Borrowed from Irish bógaí. Cognate with English bogie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboːɡiː/ === Noun === bogey Small stove in a boat. === References === Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990), “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎[5], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 154