bogey

[ US /ˈboʊɡi/ ]
[ UK /bˈə‍ʊɡi/ ]
NOUN
  1. an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
  2. an evil spirit
  3. (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole
VERB
  1. to shoot in one stroke over par
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How To Use bogey In A Sentence

  • He got back into contention with a level par 71 containing six birdies, four bogeys and one double bogey.
  • He reeled off six consecutive pars before taking bogey from a greenside bunker at No. 8. USATODAY.com - Goosen ganders second U.S. Open victory
  • His round included five birdies and not a single bogey. Times, Sunday Times
  • Terrorism may have replaced the Devil as the bogeyman, but the same principle applies.
  • You go through the different floors of that factory and come to where they are making big electrical generators and you see guards around with their rifles because Russia's bogey is that somebody is trying to copy them all the time and steal their secrets. Our Times Viewed From a World Perspective
  • They both took quadruple bogey nines and suffered the exquisite torture that golf inflicts on all those who deign to play the game.
  • How did such a committed environmentalist as Helm become the greens' bogeyman? Times, Sunday Times
  • Woods then bogeyed the ninth for the third time this week to see his lead cut to two after a wild second that missed the green by miles.
  • Players earn points for each hole, ranging from minus one for a bogey to five for an eagle. The Sun
  • The Bogeyman is not big on training aids, mainly because they require some type of training, but I recently came across a remarkable new gadget called The Gyro Swing. STLtoday.com Top News Headlines
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