bogey

Universal Words (also bogy) noun 1 a thing that causes fear, often without reason: the bogey of unemployment 2 (BrE) (AmE booger) (informal) a piece of dried MUCUS from inside your nose 3 (BrE) = BOGEYMAN 4 (in golf) a score of one stroke over PAR (= the standard score for a hole) compareBIRDIE, EAGLE