bogey

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /boʊɡi/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /bəʊɡi/

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Noun

Singular bogey

Plural bogeys

1. (countable) A bogey is a score on a golf hole that is one above par.

   I got a bogey on the fourteenth hole, taking six strokes on a par five.

Verb

Plain form bogey

Third-person singular bogeys

Past tense bogeyed

Past participle bogeyed

Present participle bogeying

1. (transitive) If you bogey a golf hole, you score one over par on it.

   I bogeyed the last hole with 5 strokes on a par 4.