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What is the noun for bogey?

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bogey
  1. (archaic, often capitalized, usually with definite article) The Devil.
  2. A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
  3. (figuratively) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
  4. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, rail transport) One of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; the structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi.
  5. (Britain, engineering) A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production.
  6. (engineering) A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
  7. (military slang) An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
  8. (military slang) Synonym of bandit: a known hostile aircraft.
  9. (golf) A score of one over par on a hole.
  10. (Britain) Alternative form of booger: a piece of mucus in or removed from the nostril.
  11. Synonyms:
  12. Examples:
    1. “Many a lane and road was once haunted by a bogey or a ghost given to chasing people.”
      “Inflation, which has been a major fear, and a personal bogey for the President, continued during the first part of the year.”
bogeyland
  1. (golf, colloquial) Part of the terrain of a golf course, or (figuratively) a situation, that leads to a player achieving no better than a bogey.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Even worse than the sand, though, was the grassy bank that comes down between the bunkers, where the rough was so thick it amounted to bogeyland.”
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