Толковый словарь английского языка - bogey
Bogey
bogey
I. noun also bogie or bogy (plural ~s; also bogies) Etymology: probably alteration of bogle Date: 1826 specter , phantom , a source of fear, perplexity, or harassment, 3. an average golfer's score used as a standard for a particular hole or course, one stroke over par on a hole in golf, a numerical standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at especially in competition, an unidentified aircraft, II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1948 to shoot (a hole in golf) in one over par
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1. n. & v. Golf --n. (pl. -eys) 1 a score of one stroke more than par at any hole. 2 (formerly) a score that a good player should do a hole or course in; par. --v.tr. (-eys, -eyed) play (a hole) in one stroke more than par. Etymology: perh. f. Bogey as an imaginary player 2. n. (also bogy) (pl. -eys or -ies) 1 an evil or mischievous spirit; a devil. 2 an awkward thing or circumstance. 3 sl. a piece of dried nasal mucus. Etymology: 19th c., orig. as a proper name: cf. BOGLE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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