bo·gey
variants
or less commonly bogie
or bogy
plural bogeys also bogies
3
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ˈbō-gē 
\ golf
\ golf
a
: one stroke over par on a hole
made a bogey on the second hole
b
chiefly British, dated
: an average golfer's score used as a standard for a particular hole or course
He was the sort of player who does the first two holes in one under bogey and then takes an eleven at the third.—
P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse4
ˈbō-gē 
: a numerical standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at especially in competition
: a numerical standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at especially in competition
5
ˈbō-gē
: an unidentified aircraft
: an unidentified aircraft
especially
: one not positively identified as friendly and so assumed to be hostile
bogeyed; bogeying
: to shoot (a hole in golf) in one over par
bo·gey
less common spelling of bogie entry 1
1
: a low strongly built cart
2
a
chiefly British
: a swiveling railway truck
b
: the driving-wheel assembly consisting of the rear four wheels of a 6-wheel automotive truck
3
: a small supporting or aligning wheel (as on the inside perimeter of a tank tread)
Synonyms
Examples of bogey in a Sentence
Noun (1)
He made a bogey on the second hole.
He made bogey on the second hole.
Verb
She birdied the first hole but bogeyed the second hole.
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Gabby Herzig, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
In fact, Citigroup, while expecting a below-consensus 2.6% GDP pace, sees the inflation gauge hitting the 2% bogey for the quarter, a figure that could help cement a quarter-point reduction in the Fed’s benchmark lending rate when policymakers meet next week.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
In the same year former Alabama amateur Nick Dunlap won a PGA Tour event for the first time in 26 years, Clanton had a share of the lead on the 18th hole before finding a bunker and bogeying the hole to finish T2.
—Brody Miller, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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Noun
With Bodine on the bag, in the pouring rain, DeChambeau made 13 birdies — and one bogey — to shoot a historic 58 during the Sunday round of LIV Greenbrier.
—Gabby Herzig, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
In fact, Citigroup, while expecting a below-consensus 2.6% GDP pace, sees the inflation gauge hitting the 2% bogey for the quarter, a figure that could help cement a quarter-point reduction in the Fed’s benchmark lending rate when policymakers meet next week.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
The defending Olympic champion bogeyed the first hole at Le Golf National with further bogeys following at holes four and seven.
—NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
In the same year former Alabama amateur Nick Dunlap won a PGA Tour event for the first time in 26 years, Clanton had a share of the lead on the 18th hole before finding a bunker and bogeying the hole to finish T2.
—Brody Miller, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Bogey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bogey. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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