bogey
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈboʊɡi/
- Jargon
:
blanco no identificado
- Three bogeys inbound.
- Bogey, six o'clock
- Bogey inbound
- report a bogey
Examples
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I've got a bogey at 12:00 o'clock!
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We've confirmed inbound bogey.
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That bogey came across the border and then I lost you.
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I have a bogey at 200,000 feet.
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We got six more bogeys closing fast from the south.
Fiction book (1997) -
Bogey identified at 12 o'clock.
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Looks like we've got a bogey at 12 o'clock.
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Sir, we've got two bogeys bearing due east and closing.
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We have a potential bogey with erratic vectoring and an unorthodox entry angle.
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The radar detected a bogey approaching from the north, prompting immediate defensive measures.
Synonyms
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4.4
An object in the sky that people cannot identify, often thought to come from other planets
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5.7
A flying object seen in the sky whose origin is not known and often thought to be from space
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9.9
An unknown plane seen on radar that may be enemy
Compounds
How Threatening
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bogey comes from the older sense of bogey as a 'ghost' or unknown thing, so pilots called a mysterious blip on the radar a bogey until it was identified.