# bogey
## English
### Alternative forms

* bogie, bogy

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /bəʊɡi/
* Audio (Received Pronunciation):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /boʊɡi/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Homophones: bogie, bogy
* Rhymes: -əʊɡi
* Hyphenation: bo‧gey

### Etymology 1

Probably related to or alteration of bogle, akin to or from a variant of Middle English bugge (“frightening specter, scarecrow”) (whence partly bug), of uncertain origin: perhaps from obsolete Welsh bwg (“ghost, hobgoblin”) (compare Welsh bwgwl (“threat”, older “fear”), Irish bagairt (“threat”)), from Proto-Celtic [Term?], or from Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”) (compare Norwegian bugge (“big man”), dialectal Low German Bögge and Alemannic German Böögg (“goblin”, “snot”)); see also Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), whence obsolete English puck. Perhaps the Middle English and Welsh words come from a word related to buck and originally referred to a goat-shaped specter. (Can this etymology be sourced?) Compare also booger.
The golf sense is from the devil as an imaginary player.

#### Noun

bogey (plural bogeys)
* (archaic, often capitalized, usually with definite article) The Devil.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satan
* A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
    Synonym: goblin
* (figuratively) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
** 2018 November 18, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 1 Croatia”, in BBC Sport‎:England could have been forgiven for believing the fates were against them as they trailed to their League A Group Four opponents, who have become something of a bogey side over the years.
** 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 54:If one man could be said to be responsible for the creation of the Russian bogy, it was a much-decorated British general named Sir Robert Wilson.
* (British, slang) A police officer.
* (engineering) A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
* (military, aviation) An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
** 1987, Greg Bear, “Lacrimosa Dies Illa!”, in The Forge of God (science fiction), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 83:He stood on the sand near the gravel road that passed within two miles of the site of the disintegrated bogey, binoculars hanging on a leather strap from his neck, face streaming with sweat under the brim of his hat... Army and government trucks passed along the road every few minutes, some bearing radiation stickers; many of those outward bound, he knew, carried fragments of the bogey. He was not privy to what they were finding.
* (military, aviation, slang) Synonym of bandit: an enemy aircraft.
** 1986, Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., Top Gun (motion picture), spoken by Cougar:God dammit, Mustang! This is Ghost Rider 117. This bogey is all over me. He's got missile lock on me. Do I have permission to fire?
* (golf) A score of one over par on a hole.
    Coordinate terms: buzzard, par, birdie, eagle, albatross, condor, ostrich
* (UK) Alternative form of booger: a piece of mucus in or removed from the nostril.

##### Derived terms

* bogeyism
* bogeyland
* bogeyman
* double bogey
* triple bogey

##### Translations
#### Verb

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 hole).

##### Translations
#### References

* ↑ “bogey n.$^2$”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present, retrieved November 21, 2024
* ↑ Eric Partridge (2013) “bogey”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 2nd edition, volumes I–II, Abingdon, Oxon., New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 242.

### Etymology 2

Clipping of bog-standard +‎ -ey (diminutive suffix).

#### Noun

bogey (plural bogeys)
* (UK, engineering) A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production.

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

From Dharug bugi- (“to bathe, dive”).

#### Verb

bogey (third-person singular simple present bogeys, present participle bogeying, simple past and past participle bogeyed)
* (Australia) To swim; to bathe. [from 18th c.]

#### Noun

bogey (plural bogeys)
* (Australia) A swim or bathe; a bath. [from 19th c.]
** 1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151:
    My mother would use leaves from trees to make soap for washing our bodies with, and unfortunately for us kids there was no excuse not to take a bogey.

### Etymology 4

A variant of bogie.

#### Noun

bogey (plural bogeys)
* Alternative spelling of bogie (“one of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle”)
* Alternative spelling of bogie (“hand-operated truck or trolley”)
* (British, dated, India, rail transport) Alternative spelling of bogie (“railway carriage”)
** 2020 January 30, “Upgrading Kolkata's Tram Network”, in C40 Cities‎, archived from the original on 2024-02-25:Upgrading the tram bogeys to air-conditioned bogeys costs the State Government approximately INR 25,00,000/- per bogey.

#### References

* ↑ United States Department of Defense Air Land Sea Application Center (2020 May) “Multi-service Brevity Codes”, in Brevity: Multi-service Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Multi-service Brevity Codes‎, archived from the original on 2021-06-30, page 6: “BOGEY: [A/A] [S/A] [SO] A CONTACT whose identity is unknown.”
* “bogey”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “bogey”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English bogey.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈboɡi/, [ˈbo̞ɡi]
* Rhymes: -oɡi
* Hyphenation: bo‧gey

### Noun

bogey
* (golf) bogey

#### Declension

* Seldom inflected in cases other than genitive singular (bogeyn) or nominative plural (bogeyt).
* For other inflected forms use bogi.

#### Synonyms

* bogi

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bogey.

### Pronunciation

* (France) IPA: /bɔ.ɡɛ/
* (Quebec) IPA: /bɔ.ɡe/, /bɔ.ɡi/

### Noun

bogey m (plural bogeys)
* (golf) bogey

#### Alternative forms

* boguey

#### Coordinate terms

* eagle
* birdie
* albatros

## Yola
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈboːɡiː/

### Noun

bogey
* Small stove in a boat.

### References

* Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990) “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎, volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 154