Bogey definition

(slang) An unidentified flying aircraft.

(slang) A detective or police officer.

An evil or mischievous spirit; a hobgoblin.

A cause of annoyance or harassment.

(chiefly british slang) A piece of dried or semisolid nasal mucus; a booger.

A golf score of one stroke over par.

(chiefly british) The number of strokes that a good player is likely to need to finish a golf hole or course.

To play (a hole in golf) scoring one stroke over par.

(military slang) An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen, and often suspected to be hostile. (Also sometimes used as a synonym for bandit - an enemy aircraft)

Par, esp. for an average player.

One stroke more than par on a hole.

(golf) To score one over par on (a given hole)

(engineering) A representative specimen, taken from the centre a spread of production - a sample with bogey (typical) characteristics.

(engineering) A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.

(golf) To make a bogey.