Definition of bogeyman noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
United States – The Bogeyman may be called "Boogerman" or "Boogermonster" in rural areas of the American South ("booger" being an American English equivalent of the British English "bogey"), and was most often used to keep young children from playing outside past dark, or wandering off ...
Define bogeyman. bogeyman synonyms, bogeyman pronunciation, bogeyman translation, English dictionary definition of bogeyman. n. Variant of boogeyman. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton