The meaning of BOGEY is specter, phantom. How to use bogey in a sentence.

bogey noun (FEAR) [ C usually singular ] (also bogie); (bogy) something that causes fear among a lot of people, often without reason: the bogey of unemployment

bogeyed, bogeying Golf. to make a bogey on (a hole). Arnold Palmer bogeyed the 18th hole.

A bogey is something or someone that people are worried about, perhaps without much cause or reason. Then there is that old bogey, taxes. Age is another bogey for those in the acting business.

bogey in golf, to score one stroke over par on a hole: He made a bogey on the last hole.

Definition of bogey noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Dec 9, 2025 · 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 …

Factsheet What does the noun bogey mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun bogey. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in …

Bogeyman Goya's Que viene el Coco (Here Comes the Boogeyman / The Boogeyman Is Coming), c. 1797 The bogeyman (/ ˈboʊɡimæn /; also spelled or known as bogyman, [1] bogy, [1] or bogey, [1] …

bo•gey1 /ˈboʊgi; for 2. also ˈbʊgi/ n., pl. -geys, v. -gied, -gey•ing. Sport a 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 …