to bogey a hole

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• bogey — (also spelt bogie) is a borrowing into Australian English from Dharuk, the Aboriginal language of the Sydney region, where it meant to bathe or swim . The earliest records show the term being used in the pidgin English of Aborigines: 1788… …   Australian idioms

• bogey — Ⅰ. bogey [1] Golf ► NOUN (pl. bogeys) ▪ a score of one stroke over par at a hole. ► VERB (bogeys, bogeyed) ▪ play (a hole) in one stroke over par. ORIGIN perhaps from Bogey …   English terms dictionary

• Bogey — Bo gey, n.; pl. {Bogeys}. [Also {bogie} and {bogy}, plural {bogies}.] 1. A goblin; a bugbear. Syn: bogeyman. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] I have become a sort of bogey a kill joy. Wm. Black. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. (Golf) a score one stroke over par… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bogey — [bō′gē; ] for 1, usually [ boog′ē] n. pl. bogeys 1. BOGY1 2. [after Col. Bogey (named from a popular music hall refrain), imaginary partner assumed to play a first rate game] Golf a) par, esp. for an average player: a former meaning b) …   English World dictionary

• bogey — I. /ˈboʊgi / (say bohgee) Golf –noun (plural bogeys) 1. a. a score of one over par. b. Obsolete the number of strokes a good player may be reckoned to need to play a certain hole. –verb (bogeyed, bogeying) –verb (i) …  

• bogey — {{11}}bogey (n.1) World War II aviator slang for unidentified aircraft, presumably hostile, probably ultimately from bogge, a variant of M.E. bugge a frightening specter (see BUG (Cf. bug)). Thus it shares ancestry with many dialect words, such… …   Etymology dictionary

• Bogey (Golf) — Golfspieler in Schottland Golf ist eine Ballsportart, die auf eine lange Tradition zurückblickt. Es gilt dabei einen Ball mit möglichst wenig Schlägen in ein Loch zu spielen, wobei verschiedene Golfschläger zum Einsatz kommen. Eine Golfrunde… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• bogey — [[t]bo͟ʊgi[/t]] bogeys (The spelling bogy and the plural form bogies are also used.) 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A bogey is something or someone that people are worried about, perhaps without much cause or reason. The universal bogey is AIDS... Age …   English dictionary

• bogey — I UK [ˈbəʊɡɪ] / US [ˈboʊɡɪ] noun [countable] Word forms bogey : singular bogey plural bogeys 1) bogey or bogy British informal a piece of mucus (= a sticky substance produced inside your nose) 2) a golf score of one shot more than par (= the… …   English dictionary

• bogey — bo|gey1 [ bougi ] noun count 1. ) a golf score of one shot more than PAR (=the expected number of shots needed to get the ball into a hole) 2. ) something that causes problems or something that people worry about: the bogey of something: Every… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bogey — bo•gey [[t]ˈboʊ gi[/t]] for 2also [[t]ˈbʊg i, ˈbu gi[/t]] n. pl. geys, 1) spo a) a golf score of one stroke over par on a hole b) par 3) 2) bogy I, 1), bogy I, 2) 3) cvb spo (in golf) to make a hole in a bogey 4) spo to make a bogey on •… …   From formal English to slang