Bogey /(?)/

Bo·gey

Bogey

n.

pl. Bogeys

  1. A goblin; a bugbear.
    I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy.
    — Wm. Black.
  2. a score one stroke over par for a hole; formerly, the definition of bogey was the same as that now used for par, i.e., an ideal score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- it was said to be so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. Now the standard score is called par. (Golf)
  3. an unidentified aircraft; in combat situations, such craft not identified as friendly are assumed to be hostile. (Mil.)

Bogey

n.
  1. A goblin; a bugbear.
    I have become a sort of bogey -- a killjoy.
    — Wm. Black.
  2. A score on a given hole which is one stroke over par. Originally, bogey had the same meaning as par does now, i.e. a given score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- said to be so-called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. A double bogey is a score of two strokes over par. (Golf)
  3. Par. See sense 2, above. (Golf) [Archaic]
  4. An unidentified aircraft, especially one detected on a radar screen and believed to be an enemy airplane. (Military)