BOGEYMAN


Meaning of BOGEYMAN in English

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

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