Bogey
Bogey , noun
1.
A goblin; a bugbear.
I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy.
2.
(Golf) a score one stroke over par for a hole; formerly, the definition of bogey was the same as that now used for par, that is, 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.
3.
(Military) an unidentified aircraft; in combat situations, such craft not identified as friendly are assumed to be hostile.
Bogey (bō"gē) , noun
1.
A goblin; a bugbear.
I have become a sort of bogey -- a killjoy.
2.
(Golf) A score on a given hole which is one stroke over par. Originally, bogey had the same meaning as par does now, that is 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.
3.
(Golf) Par. See sense 2, above. [Archaic]
4.
(Military) An unidentified aircraft, especially one detected on a radar screen and believed to be an enemy airplane.