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Definition of "boogeyman" [boog•ey•man]

  • Variant of bogeyman. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "boogeyman" in a sentence
  • "Your fear of the nationalism boogeyman is so deep it has caused you to abandon the notion of borders and nations-states?"
  • "I†™ m not saying we won, but your inflation of NK into the big bad boogeyman is a joke."
  • "Unfortunately, his fear of the boogeyman is so great that he has lost touch with reality on any level."