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bo⋅gy

1  [boh-gee; for 1, 2 also boog-ee, boo-gee]
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–noun, plural -gies.
1. a hobgoblin; evil spirit.
2. anything that haunts, frightens, annoys, or harasses.
3. something that functions as a real or imagined barrier that must be overcome, bettered, etc.: Fear is the major bogy of novice mountain climbers. A speed of 40 knots is a bogy for motorboats.
4. Military. bogey 1 (def. 3).
Also, bogey (for defs. 1–3); bogie.

Origin:
1830–40; bog, var. of bug (n.) + -y 2

bo⋅gy

2  [boh-gee]
–noun, plural -gies.
bogie 1 .

bo⋅gey

1  [boh-gee; for 2 also boog-ee, boo-gee] noun, plural -geys, verb, -geyed, -gey⋅ing.
–noun
1. Golf.
a. a score of one stroke over par on a hole.
b. par (def. 4).
2. bogy 1 (defs. 1–3).
3. Also, bogy, bogie. Military. an unidentified aircraft or missile, esp. one detected as a blip on a radar screen.
4. bogie 1 .
–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

bo⋅gie

1  [boh-gee]
–noun
1. Automotive. (on a truck) a rear-wheel assembly composed of four wheels on two axles, either or both driving axles, so mounted as to support the rear of the truck body jointly.
2. Railroads. (in Britain) a truck that rotates about a central pivot under a locomotive or car.
3. British.
a. any low, strong, four-wheeled cart or truck, as one used by masons to move stones.
b. truck 1 (def. 4).
Also, bogey, bogy.

Origin:
1810–20; orig. uncert.
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bo·gey also bo·gy or bo·gie   (bō'gē)   
n.   pl. bo·geys also bo·gies

  1. also (bŏŏg'ē, bōō'gē) An evil or mischievous spirit; a hobgoblin.

  2. also (bŏŏg'ē, bōō'gē) A cause of annoyance or harassment.

  3. 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.

  4. Slang An unidentified flying aircraft.

  5. 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.]
bo·gie 1 also bo·gy   (bō'gē)   
n.   pl. bo·gies

  1. One of several wheels or supporting and aligning rollers inside the tread of a tractor or tank.

  2. Chiefly British A railroad car or locomotive undercarriage having pairs of wheels that swivel so that curves can be negotiated.


[Origin unknown.]
bo·gy 1   (bō'gē, bŏŏg'ē, bōō'gē)   
n.  Variant of bogey.
bo·gy 2   (bō'gē)   
n.  Variant of bogie1.
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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.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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