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BOGY: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:  'bowgee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
  2. [n]  an evil spirit
 
 Synonyms: bogey, bogey, bogie, bogie
 
 See Also: aircraft, evil spirit

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bo"gy\, n.; pl. {Bogies}. [See {Bogle}.]
A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear. ``Death's heads and
bogies.'' --J. H. Newman. [Written also {bogey}.]
      There are plenty of such foolish attempts at playing
      bogy in the history of savages.          --C. Kingsley.
 

 

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