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   bogey

   /ˈbəʊɡi/

   noun

   • 1. an evil or mischievous spirit: "bogeys and other unpleasant denizens of the night" Similar evil spiritbogleghostspectrephantomhobgoblinogretrolldemondevilfiendspritewitchwarlockapparitioninformal:spook
   • ▪ a person or thing that causes fear or alarm: "the bogey of recession" Similar bugbearpet hatebaneanathemaabominationnightmarehorrordreadcursethorn in one's flesh/sidebane of one's lifebugaboobête noireinformal:peevepet peeve
   • ▪ an unidentified aircraft. military slang US
   • 2. (in sport) denoting an opponent that a team or player often loses to, or a venue where a team or player often performs badly: informal British "they were our bogey team all season"
   • 3. a piece of nasal mucus. informal British

   Word Origin mid 19th century (as a proper name applied to the Devil): of unknown origin; probably related to bogle.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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