bogeys

Variant of bogey

bogey definition

bo·gey (bō′gē; for 1, usually bo̵og′ē)

noun pl. bogeys -·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 bogeyed -·geyed, bogeying -·gey·ing

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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