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Meanings of bogey in English

Portuguese
truque
Spanish
coco

An evil spirit.

        truque

        Golf score; one over par.

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              Examples for "bogie"
              Examples for "bogie"
              1
              None, except that the menace of the Suzette bogie may be lifted.
              Man and Maid
              2
              The bogie's launched a full missile salvo. He looked up at Weiss.
              In Fire Forged
              3
              Dear Miss Heath, I want you to come and kill the bogie.
              A Sweet Girl Graduate
              4
              And evidently he saw that bogie of the superannuated disappearing in the distance.
              Hiram the Young Farmer
              5
              I hear the hum of air-conditioning, and many foreign accents, in this bogie.
              Chef
              1
              To-day we are equally enthusiastic in lowering bogy on the golf course.
              Increasing Human Efficiency in Business / A Contribution to the ...
              2
              The River and Harbor bogy wove the pattern of Shelby's troubled dreams.
              The Henchman
              3
              This was three under bogy for Kirkaldy, and one under for Wallace.
              John Henry Smith / A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life
              4
              You recognize the newspaper bogy which goes by my name as a caricature.
              The Henchman
              5
              He disliked these references to the Alaculof bogy in Elsie's presence.
              The Captain of the Kansas
              Usage of bogey in English
              1
              However, a double-bogey at the last handed the initiative back to Westwood.
              The Irish Times
              2
              Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey.
              Tremendous Trifles
              3
              A bogey five at the 12th was enough to level the match.
              The Guardian
              4
              Alexander won it in five, one above bogey, and regained the honour.
              The Clicking of Cuthbert
              5
              Start away to bogey side having only played in patches to date.
              The Irish Times
              6
              He was actually outside it after a double bogey at the 9th.
              The Guardian
              7
              He didn't make a bogey in the two days we played together.
              The Guardian
              8
              The terrifying power at this first stage was supplied by the bogey-man.
              Recollections of My Childhood and Youth
              9
              The low point had been a quadruple bogey eight on the 15th.
              The Guardian
              10
              He needed three more from there, so he started with a bogey.
              The Guardian
              11
              He suffered a double bogey at the tricky par three on Sunday.
              Reuters
              12
              Florida Pearl tackles a supposed Punchestown bogey in today's Heineken Gold Cup.
              The Irish Times
              13
              This sort of bogey was supposed to ward off the devouring brood.
              The Wonders of Instinct: Chapters in the Psychology of Insects
              14
              Why is this, and what is origin of the term bogey anyway?
              The Irish Times
              15
              They finished with a double-bogey that sent them tumbling down the leaderboard.
              Reuters
              16
              The resulting double bogey was enough to drop him out of contention.
              Reuters
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              Translations for bogey
              Portuguese
              truquebogie
              Bogey through the time
              Bogey across language varieties
              Ireland
              Common
              United States of America
              Rare
              United Kingdom
              Rare