BOGEY

I. noun also bogie or bogy (plural ~s; also bogies) Etymology: probably alteration of bogle Date: 1826 specter , phantom , a source of fear, perplexity, or harassment, 3. an average golfer's score used as a standard for a particular hole or course, one stroke over par on a hole in golf, a numerical standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at especially in competition, an unidentified aircraft, II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1948 to shoot (a hole in golf) in one over par