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bogey
1[ boh-gee; boog-ee, boo-gee ]
noun
- Golf.
- a score of one stroke over par on a hole.
- Also ·, ·. Military. an unidentified aircraft or missile, especially one detected as a blip on a radar screen.
verb (used with object)
- Golf. to make a bogey on (a hole):
Arnold Palmer bogeyed the 18th hole.
bogey
2[ boh-gee ]
noun
- a swim; bathe.
verb (used without object)
- to swim; bathe.
bogey
3[ boh-gee ]
bogey
1/ ˈəʊɡɪ /
noun
- an evil or mischievous spirit
- something that worries or annoys
- golf
- a score of one stroke over par on a hole Compare par
- a standard score for a hole or course, regarded as one that a good player should make
- slang.a piece of dried mucus discharged from the nose
- slang.air force an unidentified or hostile aircraft
- slang.a detective; policeman
verb
- tr golf to play (a hole) in one stroke over par
bogey
2/ ˈəʊɡɪ /
verb
- to bathe or swim
noun
- a bathe or swim
Word History and Origins
Origin of bogey2
Word History and Origins
Origin of bogey1
Origin of bogey2
Example Sentences
The 10th hole — a par four — appeared to be a potential bogey after Lindblad left the ball short of the putting green and into a bunker on her second shot.
Thomas set the pace with six birdies on the front nine, before he recovered from a bogey on the 10th by hitting five birdies in six holes on the back nine.
He briefly led on Sunday after a birdie on the second coupled with McIlroy's double bogey on the first but eventually finished tied for fifth.
Then a pair of double bogeys dropped him seven shots off the lead.
Back-to-back 66s gave him a two-shot lead to take into Sunday's final round but a double bogey on the first wiped out his advantage.
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