variants
or less commonly bogey
plural bogies also bogeys
1
: a low strongly built cart
2
a
chiefly British
: a swiveling railway truck
b
: the driving-wheel assembly consisting of the rear four wheels of a 6-wheel automotive truck
3
: a small supporting or aligning wheel (as on the inside perimeter of a tank tread)
bo·gie
less common spelling of bogey entry 1
3
\
ˈbō-gē 
\ golf
\ golf
a
: one stroke over par on a hole
made a bogey on the second hole
b
chiefly British, dated
: an average golfer's score used as a standard for a particular hole or course
He was the sort of player who does the first two holes in one under bogey and then takes an eleven at the third.—
P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse4
ˈbō-gē 
: a numerical standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at especially in competition
: a numerical standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at especially in competition
5
ˈbō-gē
: an unidentified aircraft
: an unidentified aircraft
especially
: one not positively identified as friendly and so assumed to be hostile
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“Bogie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bogie. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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