Bo″gey (?), n.; pl. Bogeys (#). [Also bogie.] 1. A goblin; a bugbear.
I have become a sort of bogey — a kill-joy. Wm. Black.
2. (Golf) 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.