bogeyman
pronunciation
How to pronounce bogeyman in British English:
UK [ˈbəʊgimæn]
How to pronounce bogeyman in American English:
US [ˈbʊɡiˌmæn, ˈboɡi-, ˈbuɡi-]
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- Noun:
- an imaginary monster used to frighten children
Word Origin
- bogeyman (n.)
- 16c.; see bogey (n.1) + man (n.).
Example
- 1. Do you think it 's the bogeyman ?
- 2. In britain it is the bogeyman that comes to take away naughty children .
- 3. We got the bogeyman out there .
- 4. The austrians see the bogeyman as deflation , the fear of which inflates bubbles .
- 5. Few californians appreciated the irony of their one-time bogeyman co-opting the process invented as a defence against it .