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# bogey

«bogey» in Mova's school dictionary: **a bit of dried mucus (snot) from inside your nose…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a bogey, bogeys; also spelt bogy, bogie)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (UK, Ireland, Australia, informal) A bogey is a bit of dried mucus (snot) from inside your nose; Americans say «booger». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogey/#m1)

2) (golf) A bogey is a score of one more than par on a hole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogey/#m2)

3) A bogey (bogeyman) is an imaginary evil spirit or monster used to scare children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogey/#m3)

4) Something people fear or worry about: «Maths is my bogey subject». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogey/#m4)

5) (Australia, slang) A swim or a bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogey/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the playground and at home it is the funny, slightly rude word for a bit of snot. In golf on TV it is a score. In stories the bogeyman is a monster under the bed. Phrases: «pick your nose for bogeys», «make a bogey», «bogeyman», «bogey team».

### examples

- Stop picking your bogeys and use a tissue! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogey/#x1)
- My little brother wiped a bogey on the sofa, yuck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogey/#x2)
- The golfer made a bogey on the fifth hole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogey/#x3)
- I was scared that the bogeyman lived under the stairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogey/#x4)
- Spelling is my bogey; I always find it hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogey/#x5)
- That team is our bogey team; we never beat them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogey/#x6)
- (Australia) Let's go for a bogey in the creek. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogey/#x7)

### note

Plural «bogeys». The snot meaning is informal, a bit rude but not swearing; at school say «use a tissue». In golf: par 4 hole done in 5 shots = a bogey; in 3 = a birdie. «Bogie» is also a set of wheels on a train.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bogey» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogey/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.