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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. an evil spirit;
[syn: bogey, bogy, bogie]

2. (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole;

3. an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft;
[syn: bogy, bogie, bogey]


VERB (1)

1. to shoot in one stroke over par;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bogey \Bo"gey\, n.; pl. Bogeys. [Also bogie and bogy, plural bogies.] 1. A goblin; a bugbear. Syn: bogeyman. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy. --Wm. Black. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. (Golf) a score one stroke over par for a hole; formerly, the definition of bogey was the same as that now used for par, i.e., an ideal score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- it was said to be so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. Now the standard score is called par. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] 3. (Mil.) an unidentified aircraft; in combat situations, such craft not identified as friendly are assumed to be hostile. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bogy \Bo"gy\, n.; pl. Bogies. [See Bogle.] A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear. "Death's heads and bogies." --J. H. Newman. [Written also bogey.] [1913 Webster] There are plenty of such foolish attempts at playing bogy in the history of savages. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bogey n 1: an evil spirit [syn: bogey, bogy, bogie] 2: (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole 3: an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft [syn: bogy, bogie, bogey] v 1: to shoot in one stroke over par
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

46 Moby Thesaurus words for "bogey": Dracula, Frankenstein, Mumbo Jumbo, Wolf-man, air armada, air force, bandit, bogeyman, boggart, bogle, booger, boogerman, boogeyman, bug, bugaboo, bugbear, bugger, combat plane, enemy aircraft, fee-faw-fum, frightener, ghost, ghoul, haunt, hobgoblin, holy terror, horror, incubus, monster, nightmare, ogre, ogress, phantom, revenant, scarebabe, scarecrow, scarer, shade, specter, spirit, spook, succubus, terror, vampire, werewolf, wraith