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

Sounds like: bogey, bogie

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

Encyclopedia: Bogy