BOGEY


Meaning of BOGEY in English

1. n. & v. Golf

--n. (pl. -eys)

1. a score of one stroke more than par at any hole.

2 (formerly) a score that a good player should do a hole or course in; par.

--v.tr. (-eys, -eyed) play (a hole) in one stroke more than par.

Etymology: perh. f. Bogey as an imaginary player 2. n. (also bogy) (pl. -eys or -ies)

1. an evil or mischievous spirit; a devil.

2 an awkward thing or circumstance.

3 sl. a piece of dried nasal mucus.

Etymology: 19th c., orig. as a proper name: cf. BOGLE

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.