boogeyman

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

boo=gey=man

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun boogeyman has 1 sense

boogeyman(n = noun.person) bogeyman, booger, bugaboo, bugbear - an imaginary monster used to frighten children;

is a kind of monster

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CIDE DICTIONARY

boogeyman, n.

Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, or an imaginary monster, used to frighten children, etc. [1913 Webster]