bogey1
Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊgi/
Golf
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noun ( plural bogeys)
- old-fashioned term for par1 (sense 1 of the noun).with a handicap of 17, Jones receives an allowance against bogey of 13 strokes
verb ( bogeys, bogeying, bogeyed)
Origin:
late 19th century: perhaps from Bogey, denoting the Devil (see bogey2), regarded as an imaginary player