bogey
To make a bogey onTo make a bogey on (a particular hole).
» Tom has just made a triple bogey.
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2 senses(ambitransitive)To make a bogey on (a particular hole).
(Australia)To swim; to bathe.
- to shoot in one stroke over par
Examples
3 sentencesTom has just made a triple bogey.
You've got a bogey in your hair.
deDu hast da ’n Popel im Haar! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom hit a bogey.
Origin
Probably related to or alteration of bogle, akin to or from a variant of Middle English buProbably related to or alteration of bogle, akin to or from a variant of Middle English bugge (“frightening specter, scarecrow”) (whence bug), itself of uncertain origin: perhaps from obsolete Welsh bwg (“ghost, hobgoblin”); compare Welsh bwgwl (“threat”, older “fear”), Irish bagairt (“threat”), but perhaps the root was borrowed from Germanic. Otherwise from Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”); compare Norwegian bugge (“big man”), dialectal Low German Bögge and Alemannic German Böögg (“goblin”, “snot”).
From Dharug bugi- (“to bathe, dive”).
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Forms
bogeys, bogeying, bogeyed, bogeyedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.