bo·gey
variants
or less commonly bogie
or bogy
plural bogeys also bogies
3
a
: one stroke over par on a hole
made a bogey on the second hole
b
chiefly British, dated
: an average golfer's score used as a standard for a particular hole or course
He was the sort of player who does the first two holes in one under bogey and then takes an eleven at the third.—P. G. Wodehouse
4
ˈbō-gē
: a numerical standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at especially in competition
5
ˈbō-gē
: an unidentified aircraft
especially
: one not positively identified as friendly and so assumed to be hostile
bogeyed; bogeying
: to shoot (a hole in golf) in one over par
bo·gey
less common spelling of bogie entry 1
1
: a low strongly built cart
2
a
chiefly British
: a swiveling railway truck
b
: the driving-wheel assembly consisting of the rear four wheels of a 6-wheel automotive truck
3
: a small supporting or aligning wheel (as on the inside perimeter of a tank tread)
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