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- Dictionarybogeyman/ˈbəʊɡɪman/
noun
- 1. an imaginary evil spirit or being, used to frighten children: "we kept the blankets pulled over our heads to keep out the bogeyman"
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bogeyman, any of a variety of fictional and oftentimes folkloric monsters described in stories designed to frighten children. Tales of the bogeyman and various analogues have been used for centuries all across the world to influence children to behave as their parents command and to exercise caution in dangerous situations or areas.
1. : a monstrous imaginary figure used in threatening children. 2. : a terrifying or dreaded person or thing : bugbear. Examples of bogeyman in a Sentence. My aunt used to say to my sister and me, “The bogeyman will get you if you're bad.” a politician who is the familiar bogeyman of conservatives.
The bogeyman (/ ˈboʊɡimæn /; also spelled or known as bogyman, [1] bogy, [1] bogey, [1] and, in North American English, also boogeyman) [1] is a mythical creature typically used to frighten children into good behavior.
bogeyman. noun [ C ] (also bogyman) uk / ˈbəʊ.ɡi.mæn / us / ˈboʊ.ɡi.mæn / plural -men uk / ˈbəʊ.ɡi.mən / us / ˈboʊ.ɡi.mən / (US also boogeyman) Add to word list. an imaginary evil person who harms children: Be good, or the bogeyman will come and get you!
Definition of bogeyman noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A bogeyman is someone whose ideas or actions are disapproved of by some people, and who is described by them as evil or unpleasant in order to make other people afraid. [ mainly British , disapproval ]
BOGEYMAN meaning: 1 : an imaginary monster that is used to frighten children; 2 : a person who is hated or feared by a group of people.
noun. A supernatural being, such as a ghost: apparition, bogey, bogle, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, revenant, shade, shadow, specter, spirit, visitant, wraith. Informal: spook. Regional: haunt. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Bogeyman definition: an imaginary evil character of supernatural powers, especially a mythical hobgoblin supposed to carry off naughty children.. See examples of BOGEYMAN used in a sentence.
noun. boo· gey· man ˈbu̇-gē-ˌman. ˈbü- variants or less commonly boogerman. ˈbu̇-gər- ˈbü- : bogeyman. Examples of boogeyman in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web Among the supposedly overblown threats Mueller identifies are the boogeymen of China, Iran, and Russia.
