1. (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole
   "He was disappointed to card a bogey on the final hole"
    
2. [US, informal] An unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
   "The radar operator reported a bogey approaching from the east";
   - bogy [US, informal], bogie [US, informal]
    
3. A bogle or goblin; where used as a proper name, the Devil
   "Children were scared of the bogey that supposedly lived in the attic";
   - bogy, bogie
    
4. [Brit, informal] Dried nasal mucus
   "The child was embarrassed when caught picking a bogey";
   - booger [N. Amer, informal], bogy [Brit, informal]

1. (golf) shoot in one stroke over par
   "He bogeyed the last hole, losing his lead"

Sounds like: bogie, bogy

Derived forms: bogeys, bogeying, bogeyed

Type of: aircraft, evil spirit, mucous secretion, mucus, score, shoot

Encyclopedia: Bogey, Robert