A goblin; a bugbear. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
"I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
a score one stroke over par for a hole; formerly, the definition of bogey was the same as that now used for par, i.e., an ideal score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- it was said to be so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. Now the standard score is called par. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
an unidentified aircraft; in combat situations, such craft not identified as friendly are assumed to be hostile. [PJC]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

bogey, n. & v. Golf
--n. (pl. -eys)
1 a score of one stroke more than par at any hole.
2 (formerly) a score that a good player should do a hole or course in; par.
--v.tr. (-eys, -eyed) play (a hole) in one stroke more than par.

bogey, n. (also bogy) (pl. -eys or -ies)
1 an evil or mischievous spirit; a devil.
2 an awkward thing or circumstance.
3 sl. a piece of dried nasal mucus.

Etymology

19th c., orig. as a proper name: cf. BOGLE

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THESAURUS

bogey

Dracula, Frankenstein, Mumbo Jumbo, Wolf-man, air armada, air force, bandit, bogeyman, boggart, bogle, booger, boogerman, boogeyman, bug, bugaboo, bugbear, bugger, combat plane, enemy aircraft, fee-faw-fum, frightener, ghost, ghoul, haunt, hobgoblin, holy terror, horror, incubus, monster, nightmare, ogre, ogress, phantom, revenant, scarebabe, scarecrow, scarer, shade, specter, spirit, spook, succubus, terror, vampire, werewolf, wraith

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