bogy

Noun

bogey (plural bogeys)

1. A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.

   Synonyms:

   goblin

2. (archaic, capitalized, often, usually, with-definite-article) The Devil.

   Synonyms:

   Azazel, devil, demon, imp

3. (figuratively) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
   • If one man could be said to be responsible for the creation of the Russian bogy, it was a much-decorated British general named Sir Robert Wilson.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 54
4. (UK, slang) A police officer.
5. A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
6. An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
   • He stood on the sand near the gravel road that passed within two miles of the site of the disintegrated bogey, binoculars hanging on a leather strap from his neck, face streaming with sweat under the brim of his hat... Army and government trucks passed along the road every few minutes, some bearing...1987, Greg Bear, “Lacrimosa Dies Illa!”, in The Forge of God (science fiction), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 83

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Noun (1)

bogie (plural bogies)

1. (Northern England) A low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for transporting objects or for riding on as a toy; a trolley.
2. (also, attributive, broadly) One of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle.
   • 1878. Bogie Trucks for Railway Locomotives, &c.: [...] Fig. 1 is a cross section and Fig. 2 a section plan of a bogie. A curved casting a is fixed to the engine and a wrought-iron beam or beams b are connected to the bogie frames by links c fitted with or without springs d.1883 April 13, “Abstracts of Specifications Published during the Week Ending November 24, 1883”, in W[illiam] H[enry] Maw, J[ames] Dredge [Jr.], editors, Engineering: An Illustrated Weekly Journal...

   Synonyms:

   railroad truck

3. (broadly) A set of wheels attached to one of an aircraft's landing gear, or the structure connecting the wheels in one such set.
   • Although most A320s have two wheels on each of their main gear, a few built for the Indian market have four-wheel bogies, halving the amount of weight on each wheel and allowing the aircraft to use runways that couldn't withstand the ground pressure from a standard A320.
4. (India, UK) A railway carriage.
   • The bogie coaches which he spoke of last year had been brought or were being brought into active service, but they had no further wagon stock available.1917 October 12, “Company Meetings. [Assam Railways and Trading.]”, in The Near East: A Weekly Review of Oriental Politics, Literature, Finance, and Commerce, volume XIII, number 336, London: The...
5. (dated) A soapbox racing vehicle.

Noun (2)

bogie (plural bogies)

1. (US, slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
   • bogies: marijuana cigarettes.[2002 November, Alonzo Westbrook, “bogies”, in Hip Hoptionary: The Dictionary of Hip Hop Terminology (Harlem Moon), New York, N.Y.: Broadway Books, →ISBN, page 15

   Synonyms:

   bifta, bifter, blunt, bomber, bone, bun, Camberwell carrot, doink, doinker, doob

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