Thesaurus results for BOGIE

bogey

noun

variants also bogie or bogy

as in dread

something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason math and math tests have long been bogeys for many students

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as in ghost

the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people the child believed bogeys lived in the closet

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Recent Examples on the Web Korda, the defending Olympic champion, was having a brilliant second round yesterday, before a quadruple bogey at the 16th hole, followed by a bogey at the 17th, derailed her run. —

NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024 Rose, 6-under at the turn, stumbled with a bogey at the 12th hole and despite two birdies on his final three holes could never rein in the leader. —

Bob Gillespie, Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2024 With one final bogey for a 3-over 73, Woods finishes out of the top 100 for the first time ever in a major. —

Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024 Morikawa had two birdies and shot one bogey on the firsst day of competition. —

Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bogey

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