From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbogeybo‧gey, bogie /ˈbəʊɡi $ ˈboʊɡi/ noun [countable] 1 DSG technical when you take one more shot than par (=the usual number of shots) to get the ball into the hole in golf → birdie, eagle2 PROBLEMa problem or difficult situation that makes you feel anxiousbogey of the bogey of recession3 HBHDCB British English informal a piece of mucus from inside your nose4 RFa bogeyman
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bogey• Then I three-putted the sixteenth for a bogey.• But Irwin missed his birdie attempt and Morgan tapped in a bogey to win.• Ed Sneed wilted in 1979, taking a bogey five when a par would have won.• Besides the eagle, Leonard made four birdies and only one bogey.• There, Leonard recorded a birdie and Mickelson had a 3-putt bogey.• From being the bogey of bankers, we are becoming the bankers' friend.bogey of• the bogey of nuclear weapons in an unstable countryOrigin bogey (1800-1900) bogle “evil spirit” ((16-20 centuries)), from bug “something causing great fear” ((14-18 centuries)) 