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bo·gey1

[boh-gee; for 2 also boog-ee, boo-gee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -geys, verb, -geyed, -gey·ing.

–noun

Golf.

a.	a score of one stroke over par on a hole.

b.	par (def. 4).

2.	bogy¹ (defs. 1–3).

3.	Also, bogy, bogie. Military. an unidentified aircraft or missile, esp. one detected as a blip on a radar screen.

bogie¹.

–verb (used with object)

5.	Golf. to make a bogey on (a hole): Arnold Palmer bogeyed the 18th hole.

[Origin: 1890–95; sp. var. of bogy

]

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bo·gey2

[boh-gee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -geys, verb, -geyed, -gey·ing. Australian.

–noun

1.	a swim; bathe.

–verb (used without object)

2.	to swim; bathe.

[Origin: < Dharuk, equiv. to bū- bathe + -gi past tense marker

]

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Bo·gart

[boh-gahrt] Pronunciation Key

–noun

Humphrey (DeForest) (“Bogey”

), 1900–57, U.S. motion-picture actor.

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bo·gey also bo·gy or bo·gie (bō'gē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. bo·geys also bo·gies

also (bŏŏg'ē, bōō'gē) An evil or mischievous spirit; a hobgoblin.
also (bŏŏg'ē, bōō'gē) A cause of annoyance or harassment.
Sports
1. The number of strokes that a good player is likely to need to finish a golf hole or course.
2. A golf score of one stroke over par.
Slang An unidentified flying aircraft.
Slang A detective or police officer.

tr.v. bogey bo·geyed, bo·gey·ing, bo·geys Sports
To play (a hole in golf) scoring one stroke over par.

[Possibly variant of bogle.]

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bogey (1)

World War II aviator slang for "unidentified aircraft, presumably hostile," probably ultimately from bogge, a variant of M.E. bugge "a frightening specter" (see bug). This was the presumed source of many dialect words, such as bog/bogge (attested 16c.-17c.), bogeyman (16c.), boggart "specter that haunts a gloomy spot" (c.1570, in Westmoreland, Lancashire, Cheshire, and Yorkshire). The earliest modern form appears to be Scottish bogle "ghost," attested from c.1505 and popularized c.1800 in Eng. literature by Scott, Burns, etc.

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bogey (2)

in golfing, c.1892, originally "number of strokes a good player is supposed to need for a given hole or course," later, "score one over par" (1946), from the same source as bogey (1), on the notion of a "phantom" opponent, represented by the "ground score." The word was in vogue at the time in Britain because of the popularity of the music hall tune "Hush, Hush, Hush, Here Comes the Bogey Man."

"One popular song at least has left its permanent effect on the game of golf. That song is 'The Bogey Man.' In 1890 Dr. Thos. Browne, R.N., the hon. secretary of the Great Yarmouth Club, was playing against a Major Wellman, the match being against the 'ground score,' which was the name given to the scratch value of each hole. The system of playing against the 'ground score' was new to Major Wellman, and he exclaimed, thinking of the song of the moment, that his mysterious and well-nigh invincible opponent was a regular 'bogey-man.' The name 'caught on' at Great Yarmouth, and to-day 'Bogey' is one of the most feared opponents on all the courses that acknowledge him." [1908, M.A.P.]

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bogey
noun
1.	an evil spirit
2.	(golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole
3.	an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft [syn: bogy]
verb
1.	to shoot in one stroke over par

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Bogey

This is the benchmark return to which the performance of a portfolio manager or mutual fund manager is compared.

Investopedia Commentary

This benchmark is typically the S&P 500 index.

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bogey

An index whose performance an investment manager attempts to match. For example, the S&P 500 may be the bogey for the portfolio manager of an index fund.

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Bogey

Bo"gey\, n. A goblin; a bugbear. See Bogy.

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Bogey

Bo"gey\, n.; pl. Bogeys. [Also bogie.]

1. A goblin; a bugbear.

I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy. --Wm. Black.

2. (Golf) A given score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- said to be so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey.

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