English Dictionary

bogey

/bəʊɡi/

noun

(archaic, often capitalized, usually with definite article) The Devil. / A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature. / (figuratively) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.

I spotted a bogey in the distance.

意味（1）

(archaic, often capitalized, usually with definite article) The Devil.

意味（2）

A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.

意味（3）

(figuratively) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.

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.

意味（4）

(engineering) A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.

意味（5）

(military, aviation) An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.

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.

意味（6）

(military, aviation, slang) Synonym of bandit: an enemy aircraft.

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?

意味（7）

(golf) A score of one over par on a hole.

意味（8）

(UK) Alternative form of booger: a piece of mucus in or removed from the nostril.