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bogey

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noun

  • One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
  • An outlaw.
  • One who cheats others.
  • An enemy aircraft.
  • A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.

noun

  • An obnoxious, selfish and overbearing person; an attention hog.

noun

  • (often capitalized, usually with definite article) The Devil.
  • A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
  • A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
  • A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
  • An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
  • A score of one over par on a hole.

verb

  • To make a bogey.

noun

  • A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production.

noun

  • A swim or bathe; a bath.

noun

  • One of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; the structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi.
  • (Indian English, dated in UK) A railway carriage.
  • A toy similar to a violin bow, consisting of a wooden stick with notches along one or more sides or edges to produce a rattly noise when stroked against a hard edge, eg, the lip of container.

noun

  • A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.
  • Something suggestive of this material.
  • A thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing.

noun

  • (mildly derogatory) A bodyboarder.

    "Watch the local boogers charge it!"

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