Synonyms for bogey

Grammar : Noun

Spell : boh-gee; for 2 also boo g-ee, boo-gee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈboʊ gi; for 2 also ˈbʊg i, ˈbu gi

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Définition of bogey

Origin : World War II aviator slang for "unidentified aircraft, presumably hostile," probably ultimately from bogge, a variant of Middle English bugge "a frightening specter" (see bug (n.)). Thus it shares ancestry with many dialect words, such as bog/bogge (attested 16c.-17c.), bogeyman (16c.), boggart "specter that haunts a gloomy spot" (c.1570, in Westmoreland, Lancashire, Cheshire, and Yorkshire). The earliest modern form appears to be Scottish bogle "ghost," attested from c.1500 and popularized c.1800 in English literature by Scott, Burns, etc.

noun ghost

Example sentences :

He looked like a large baby listening for a bogey in the chimney.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

Tinker and Bogey did not understand the full extent of their danger.
Extract from : « Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks » by Bracebridge Hemyng

Bogey was quite astounded at the transformation of his dress.
Extract from : « Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks » by Bracebridge Hemyng

Accompanied by Bogey, Mark Antony reached his quarters in safety.
Extract from : « Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks » by Bracebridge Hemyng

Percentage .931—six better than Bogey and 400 points ahead of Ty Cobb.
Extract from : « Ade's Fables » by George Ade

And Ingé was given up to her, and this is how Ingé came into Bogey's domain.
Extract from : « What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales » by Hans Christian Andersen

This time she saw that the bogey man had got her and no mistake.
Extract from : « The Ghost Girl » by H. De Vere Stacpoole

I am a bad golfer, but even bad golfers do holes in bogey now and then.
Extract from : « Happy Days » by Alan Alexander Milne

From morning to night we race about as if the bogey man were at our heels.
Extract from : « Christopher and the Clockmakers » by Sara Ware Bassett

I am neither to be melted by your convenient tears, nor dismayed by your bogey bills.
Extract from : « The Beth Book » by Sarah Grand

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