/ ˈbəʊgi; NAmE ˈboʊgi/ noun
1.
(also bogy ) a thing that causes fear, often without reason
2.
(also bogy ) (both BrE ) ( NAmE boo·ger ) ( informal ) a piece of dried mucus from inside your nose
3.
(also bogy ) ( BrE ) = bogeyman
4.
( in golf ) a score of one stroke over par (= the standard score for a hole)
—compare birdie , eagle
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WORD ORIGIN
sense 4 late 19th cent.: perhaps from Bogey , denoting the Devil, regarded as an imaginary player.
senses 1 to 3 mid 19th cent. (as a proper name applied to the Devil): of unknown origin.