bogeys

We have found lemma(root) word of bogeys : bogey.

Definitions


[ˈbəʊɡi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a score of one stroke over par at a hole
(e.g: he walked off the green with a bogey four)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century: perhaps from Bogey, denoting the Devil (see bogey), regarded as an imaginary player


[ˈbəʊɡi], (Verb)

Definitions:
- play (a hole) in one stroke over par


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century: perhaps from Bogey, denoting the Devil (see bogey), regarded as an imaginary player


[ˈbəʊɡi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an evil or mischievous spirit
(e.g: bogeys and other unpleasant denizens of the night)

- (in sport) denoting an opponent that a team or player often loses to, or a venue where a team or player often performs badly
(e.g: they were our bogey team all season)

- a piece of nasal mucus


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century (as a proper name applied to the Devil): of unknown origin; probably related to bogle


[ˈbəʊɡi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of swimming or bathing


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: from Dharuk bu-gi ‘to swim’




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