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The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do.
Aneurin Bevan

Meaning of "bogy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BOGY

bogy  [ˈbəʊɡɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOGY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bogy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOGY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bogy

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes only counted once. Bogy is a commune of the Ardèche department in southern France.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOGY


bogey
ˈbəʊɡɪ
bogie
ˈbəʊɡɪ
dogey
ˈdəʊɡɪ
dogie
ˈdəʊɡɪ
dogy
ˈdəʊɡɪ
fogey
ˈfəʊɡɪ
fogy
ˈfəʊɡɪ
hoagie
ˈhəʊɡɪ
judogi
dʒʊˈdəʊɡɪ
Kogi
ˈkəʊɡɪ
Logie
ˈləʊɡɪ
logy
ˈləʊɡɪ
pierogi
pəˈrəʊɡɪ
pirogi
pɪˈrəʊɡɪ
pogey
ˈpəʊɡɪ
pogy
ˈpəʊɡɪ
stogie
ˈstəʊɡɪ
stogy
ˈstəʊɡɪ
vogie
ˈvəʊɡɪ
yogi
ˈjəʊɡɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOGY

boggler
boggy
bogie
bogies
bogland
bogle
bogman
bogmen
Bognor Regis
BOGOF
bogong
Bogor
bogtrotter
bogtrotting
bogue
bogus
bogusly
bogusness
bogwood
boh

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOGY

archaeology
astrology
biology
biotechnology
ecology
genealogy
geology
information technology
methodology
microbiology
mythology
oncology
pathology
physiology
psychology
sociology
technology
terminology
theology
trilogy

Synonyms and antonyms of bogy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bogy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOGY

Find out the translation of bogy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bogy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bogy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

妖怪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bogy
570 millions of speakers

English

bogy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दरानेवाला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بوجى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жупел
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bogy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছায়ামূর্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bogie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bogy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gespenst
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ボギー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bogy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bogy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ma quỉ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேயுருவம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

öcü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

folletto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bogy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жупел
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bogy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bogy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

boeman
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bogy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Bogy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bogy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOGY»

The term «bogy» is regularly used and occupies the 105.743 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOGY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bogy

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QUOTES WITH «BOGY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bogy.
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Aneurin Bevan
The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOGY»

Discover the use of bogy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bogy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dictionary of Missouri Biography
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1972. McLaws, Monte B. "The Attempted Assassination of Missouri's Ex Governor, Lilburn W. Boggs." Missouri Historical Review 60 (October 1965): 50-62. BOGY, LEWIS VITAL (1818-1877) Born in Ste.
Lawrence O. Christensen, William E. Foley, Gary Kremer, 1999
2
United States Congressional serial set
For the livery of 1 horse for office of Indian affairs for the mouth ending February 28, 1867 Mix to Mix, Louisville, 27, $3 82 ; Mix to Ingram, Jeffersonville, 108, $12 73; Bogy from Srnoot, St. Haul, 10, $5 93; Bogy from Morton, Green Bay ...
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House Documents
Mix to Mix, Louisville, 27, $3 82; Mix to Ingram, Jctfcrsonville, 108, $12 73; Bogy from Smoot, St. Paul, 10, $5 93; Bogy from Morton, Green Bay, 28, $6 77; Bogy to Morton, Green Bay, 4, $3 25, Bogy to Pomeroy, Lawrence, 18, $5 20; Bogy to ...
USA House of Representatives, 1868
4
A Common Man
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Lewis Vital Bogy, 2012
5
Mark Twain's Notebooks & Journals, Volume II: (1877-1883)
Washed entirely away by a cut-off and not a vestige of it remains— except one little house and the chimney of another which were out in the suburbs once. The Capta1n's37 Story. Senator Bogy of Mo.38 had a son a pompous sort of a fellow.
Mark Twain, Frederick Anderson, Lin Salamo, 1975
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
BOGEE bogee or bougie. To force (a mixture of cement and water) into the required position by means of compressed air: Public Works' (—1935). Ex the medical sense of bougie. bogey, bogie, bogy, n. See ask bogy, an evasive answer. —2.
Eric Partridge, 2006
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Congressional Serial Set
... con- ^dering it the duty of the minister or agent to provide for himself. 2d. Expenses incurred for medical attendance, medicines, and nursing, when [ 231 ] 2 Bogy for remuneration for losses by the Indians Peti- tion of Joseph - - - - - 2 23.
8
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE SENATE OF THE ...
The Committee sn Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill (H. R, 886) for the benefit of the Choctaw Indians, report : That on the 2d day of July, A. D. 1836, Congress passed an act for the relief of Joseph Bogy, by which the Secretary of War ...
9
The Newspaper Indian: Native American Identity in the Press, ...
78 Finally, Bogy disputed Carrington's insistent reports of Indian harassment near the fort. Bogy believed that reports of the 6 December battle were exaggerated. " To claim that a wagon train was attacked by three hundred Indians, and yet no ...
John M. Coward, 1999
10
Ned Wynkoop and the Lonely Road from Sand Creek
Irwin and Charles Bogy to Lewis Bogy (November 12, 1866), NA RG75, M234, Roll 879. 69.“Council on the Smoky Hill,”RMN (August 31, 1866), 2;Wynkoop to Cooley (August 14, 1866), Report ofthe Commissioner ofIndian Affairs (1866), 279 ...
Louis Kraft, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOGY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bogy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mine puts Old Dart back on metals map
However, Wolf needs to overcome the bogy that the first owner of a mine tends not to be the one that makes the money. Anatara Lifesciences ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
2
Finally calling a spade a spade
But for the most part, Camus wrote, plagues are too strong for people to face, "therefore we tell ourselves that pestilence is a mere bogy of the ... «Israel Hayom, Jun 15»
3
Favorites Brazil wary of 'tough' Paraguay opponents
Paraguay have proven to be somewhat of a bogy side for Brazil in recent times, with their penalty shootout success in 2011 following a group ... «The Daily Star, Jun 15»
4
Dirt Cheap ETFs to Access US Stock Markets
“This won't necessarily move the needle on performance over long periods of time, but it makes VTI's bogy more truly representative of the U.S. ... «ETF Trends, Jun 15»
5
Giraffe born at Oklahoma City Zoo
A female giraffe was born to Ellie and Bogy, two 15-year-olds, at the Oklahoma City Zoo. The baby is about 5 feet tall, but zoo officials don't ... «NewsOK.com, Jun 15»
6
Janet Wood promoted, new AD needed
Elise Biggs, a teacher at Pinkston Middle School, was named assistant principal at Mountain Home Junior High, replacing Brent Bogy, who has ... «Baxter Bulletin, Jun 15»
7
The History Of Our Town (April 28, 1967 edition)
In 1879 John L. Bogy purchased the property and built a large home here; however, the present structure was built by Jules Petrequin in the ... «Ste. Genevieve Herald, Jun 15»
8
White Hall Terri Smith hangs up her coaches whistle
She recalled one time on the bus that a player, Ashley Bogy, decided she was going to paint Autumn Stewart's toenails while she was napping ... «White Hall Journal, Jun 15»
9
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan should quit, but don't hold …
The election campaign was marked by a classic Erdogan manoeuvre: first create a bogy - in this case a Western and Jewish conspiracy bent ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
10
Here today, gone tomorrow
The 1991 "Mother of all Budgets" cut a swath through benefits and government spending and gave the Left a useful bogy woman in the face of ... «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»

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