BOGEY

bogey

Noun

  1. The Devil.
  2. An object of terror; a bugbear.
  3. One of two sets of wheels under a train car.
  4. A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril.
  5. A representative specimen, taken from the centre a spread of production - a sample with bogey (typical) characteristics.
  6. a standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
  7. An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen, and often suspected to be hostile. (Also sometimes used as a synonym for bandit - an enemy aircraft)
  8. A score of one over par in golf.

Verb

  1. To make a bogey.


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