OXFORD DICTIONARY
bogey, n. & v. Golf
--n. (pl. -eys)
1 a score of one stroke more than par at any hole.
2 (formerly) a score that a good player should do a hole or course in; par.
--v.tr. (-eys, -eyed) play (a hole) in one stroke more than par.
bogey, n. (also bogy) (pl. -eys or -ies)
1 an evil or mischievous spirit; a devil.
2 an awkward thing or circumstance.
3 sl. a piece of dried nasal mucus.
19th c., orig. as a proper name: cf. BOGLE
THESAURUS
bogey
Dracula, Frankenstein, Mumbo Jumbo, Wolf-man, air armada, air force, bandit, bogeyman, boggart, bogle, booger, boogerman, boogeyman, bug, bugaboo, bugbear, bugger, combat plane, enemy aircraft, fee-faw-fum, frightener, ghost, ghoul, haunt, hobgoblin, holy terror, horror, incubus, monster, nightmare, ogre, ogress, phantom, revenant, scarebabe, scarecrow, scarer, shade, specter, spirit, spook, succubus, terror, vampire, werewolf, wraith