transcription, транскрипция: [ boʊgimæn ]
( bogeymen)
Note: The spellings 'bogey man', and in American English 'boogeyman' are also used.
1.
A bogeyman is someone whose ideas or actions are disapproved of by some people, and who is described by them as evil or unpleasant in order to make other people afraid. ( mainly BRIT )
The media depict him as a left-wing bogeyman.
= monster
N-COUNT : usu with supp [ disapproval ]
2.
A bogeyman is an imaginary evil spirit. Some parents tell their children that the bogeyman will catch them if they behave badly.
N-COUNT : oft the N