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bogey Definition

bo·gey (gē; for 1, usually bo̵ogē)

noun pl. -·geys

  1. bogy
  2. Etymology: after Col. Bogey (named from a popular music hall refrain), imaginary partner assumed to play a first-rate game

    Golf
    1. par, esp. for an average player: a former meaning
    2. one stroke more than par on a hole

transitive verb -·geyed, -·gey·ing

Golf to score one over par on (a given hole)

bogey Usage Examples

Object

  • hole: He bogeyed the 12th hole, allowing Furyk to tie him briefly.

Preposition: on

  • hole: Aoki finished with a double bogey on the hole.

Converse of object

  • make: I shouldn't have made a bogey all week, " added Thorpe, who joined the Senior PGA Tour this year.
  • include: Transport Solution Davis contracted to build and deliver to site in Ireland 146 rail wagons and spares including 108 bogies.
  • take: But his drive found the right rough on the 18th and he took bogey.

Adjective modifier

  • triple: If you hit a triple bogey at golf, the next hole can be a birdie.
  • double: Carmen who played the front nine solidly in both rounds rued a double bogey six on the long 12th hole in both rounds.
  • rear: So a configuration of 0-6-0 meant that there were no forward or rear bogies, just three pairs of driven wheels.
  • old: Here the older bogey of the night has been found out!
  • new: This actually reflects the reality as British rolling stock with new bogies runs on New Zealand's 42 " gage with no problems.

Modifies a noun

  • bird: Hope to catch up with this bogey bird on a winter trip to the south coast.
  • side: The Yorkshire outfit are a bit of a bogey side for the Sky Blues who have only won sixteen times in 76 meetings.
  • man: Captain Swing didn't actually exist he was the laborer's version of the bogey man.
  • team: We seem to have become their bogey team, which is nice!
  • time: The 2006 bogey times are the current class record at the start of each meeting with 18 seconds added.

Modifying Another Word

  • double: He finished tied for 16th place as his game suddenly left him after double bogeying the par five seventh hole.

Noun used with modifier

  • trailer: Roger would also like to hear from anyone spare Class 117 trailer bogies.
  • motor: A pair of class 25's - etched brass kits by 3mm Scale Model Railways with Lima motor bogies.
  • accommodation: Currently resting on temporary accommodation bogies, its own are under overhaul in the mechanical shop at Kidderminster.
  • power: Thus a four-car train would require two power bogies, one in each DM car.

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