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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bo•gy1 or bo•gey or bo•gie /ˈboʊgi, ˈbʊgi/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -gies or -geys. - an evil spirit.
- anything that haunts or frightens (someone);
a barrier or block that keeps someone from doing something:Fear is the major bogy of novice mountain climbers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bo•gy1 (bō′gē; for 1, 2 also bŏŏg′ē, bo̅o̅′gē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gies. - a hobgoblin;
evil spirit. - anything that haunts, frightens, annoys, or harasses.
- something that functions as a real or imagined barrier that must be overcome, bettered, etc.:Fear is the major bogy of novice mountain climbers. A speed of 40 knots is a bogy for motorboats.
- Militarybogey1 (def. 3).
Also, bogey (for defs 1–3); bogie. - bog, variant of bug (noun, nominal) + -y2 1830–40
- bogie1.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bogy /ˈbəʊɡɪ/ n ( pl -gies)- a variant spelling of bogey, bogie
bo•gey1 /ˈboʊgi; for 2. also ˈbʊgi/USA pronunciation n., pl. -geys, v. -gied, -gey•ing. n. [countable] - Sporta golf score of one stroke over par on a hole:scored a bogey.
- bogy.
v. - (in golf ) to make a bogey (on a golf hole): [no object]He bogied twice in the last six holes.[~ + object]He bogied the last two holes.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bo•gie2 /ˈboʊgi, ˈbʊgi/USA pronunciation n. - bogy.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bo•gey1 (bō′gē; for 2 also bŏŏg′ē, bo̅o̅′gē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -geys, v., -geyed, -gey•ing. n. - Sport[Golf.]
- a score of one stroke over par on a hole.
- par (def. 4).
- bogy1 (defs. 1–3).
- MilitaryAlso, bogy, bogie. an unidentified aircraft or missile, esp. one detected as a blip on a radar screen.
- British Termsbogie1.
v.t. - Sport[Golf.]to make a bogey on (a hole):Arnold Palmer bogeyed the 18th hole.
- spelling, spelled variant of bogy 1890–95
- a swim;
bathe.
v.i. - to swim;
bathe.
- Dharuk, equivalent. to bū- bathe + -gi past tense marker
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bo•gie1 (bō′gē),USA pronunciation n. - [Auto.](on a truck) a rear-wheel assembly composed of four wheels on two axles, either or both driving axles, so mounted as to support the rear of the truck body jointly.
- Rail Transport(in Britain) a truck that rotates about a central pivot under a locomotive or car.
- [Brit.]
- any low, strong, four-wheeled cart or truck, as one used by masons to move stones.
- truck1 (def. 4).
Also, bogey, bogy. - origin, originally uncertain 1810–20
- bogy1.
bo•gie3 (bō′gē),USA pronunciation n. [Mil.]- Militarybogey1 (def. 3).
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bogey, bogy /ˈbəʊɡɪ/ n - an evil or mischievous spirit
- something that worries or annoys
- a score of one stroke over par on a hole
Compare par - obsolete a standard score for a hole or course, regarded as one that a good player should make
- slang a piece of dried mucus discharged from the nose
Etymology: 19th Century: probably related to bug² and bogle1; compare bugaboo Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bogie, bogy /ˈbəʊɡɪ/ n - an assembly of four or six wheels forming a pivoted support at either end of a railway coach. It provides flexibility on curves
- chiefly Brit a small railway truck of short wheelbase, used for conveying coal, ores, etc
Etymology: 19th Century: of unknown origin |