bogeyとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /bəʊɡi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /boʊɡi/
• 異形同音異義語: bogie, bogy
• 韻: -əʊɡi
• ハイフネーション: bo‧gey

語源 1

Probably related to or alteration of bogle, akin to or from a variant of Middle English bugge ("frightening specter, scarecrow"), perhaps from obsolete Welsh bwg ("ghost, hobgoblin"; compare Welsh bwgwl ("threat", older "fear")) or from Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”) (compare Norwegian bugge (“big man”), dialectal Low German Bögge (“goblin”, “snot”). Perhaps the Middle English and Welsh words come from a word related to buck and originally referred to a goat-shaped specter.

Also possibly related to Irish bagairt (“threat”).

Golf meaning from the devil as an imaginary player.

名詞

bogey (複数形 bogeys)

1. (archaic, often capitalized, usually with definite article) The Devil.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satan

2. A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.

   Synonym: goblin

3. (figuratively) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
   • 2018 November 18, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 1 Croatia”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     England could have been forgiven for believing the fates were against them as they trailed to their League A Group Four opponents, who have become something of a bogey side over the years.

   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, page 54:

     If one man could be said to be responsible for the creation of the Russian bogy, it was a much-decorated British general named Sir Robert Wilson.

4. (engineering) A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
5. (aviation, military, slang) An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
   • 1987, Bear, Greg, “Lacrimosa Dies Illa!”, in The Forge of God (science fiction), →ISBN, OCLC 874921586, page 83:

     He stood on the sand near the gravel road that passed within two miles of the site of the disintegrated bogey, binoculars hanging on a leather strap from his neck, face streaming with sweat under the brim of his hat... Army and government trucks passed along the road every few minutes, some bearing radiation stickers; many of those outward bound, he knew, carried fragments of the bogey. He was not privy to what they were finding.

6. (aviation, military, slang) Synonym of bandit: a known hostile aircraft.
   • 1986, Jim Cash; Jack Epps Jr., Top Gun, spoken by Cougar:

     God dammit, Mustang! This is Ghost Rider 117. This bogey is all over me. He's got missile lock on me. Do I have permission to fire?

7. (golf) A score of one over par on a hole.
8. (US) Alternative form of booger: a piece of mucus in or removed from the nostril.

関連する語

• double bogey

等位語

(golf):

• buzzard
• par
• birdie
• eagle
• albatross
• condor
• ostrich

動詞

bogey (三人称単数 現在形 bogeys, 現在分詞 bogeying, 過去形および過去分詞形 bogeyed)

1. (golf) To make a bogey.

名詞

bogey (複数形 bogeys)

1. (UK, engineering) A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production.