to bogey
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8.4
- verb
- /ˈboʊɡi/
- Specialized
:
hacer bogey
- After hitting the ball into the sand trap, he bogeyed the hole and fell behind in the tournament.
- bogey a hole
- double-bogeyed
- bogey the 17th
Examples
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Despite starting strong, she bogeyed two holes in a row, affecting her overall score.
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So come on out of your broom closets, Fielders, and bogey the night away with me.
Fiction book (1995) -
I bogeyed, which is good for me.
Blog text (10) -
This cost him a chance at a title and he lost a tournament in early August after double-bogeying the final hole.
Blog text (14) -
And he picked up another stroke when Jones bogeyed the second.
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You bogey this, you're toast.
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And two more strokes on Hagen when he double-bogeyed the third.
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Her mother-in-law continued in excellent form, parting the first hole and bogeying the second, until they got to the famous number three, "Old Hell Hole."
Fiction book (2001) -
If you want to win, try not to bogey the last few holes of the course.
Compounds
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Bogey comes from an old golfing idea of a 'bogey' as an imaginary opponent or spirit who set the standard score, so to bogey a hole is to make that standard 'one over'.