bogey


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bogey1 Golf
noun (pl. bogeys) a score of one stroke over par at a hole.

■ old-fashioned term for par (in sense 1). verb (bogeys, bogeying, bogeyed) play (a hole) in one stroke over par.

– origin C19: perh. from Bogey (see bogey2).



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bogey2 (also bogy)
noun (pl. bogeys)
  • 1 an evil or mischievous spirit.
  • 2 US military slang an enemy aircraft.
  • 3 Brit. informal a piece of nasal mucus.
– origin C19 (as a name applied to the Devil): of unknown origin.
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