Ogres - English meaning

noun

A score of one stroke over par at a hole.

Usage examples:

He walked off the green with a bogey four

verb

Play (a hole) in one stroke over par.

Usage examples:

Brewer told a story about rosburg leading a tournament in portland, but then the next day bogeying …

noun

An evil or mischievous spirit.

Usage examples:

Bogeys and other unpleasant denizens of the night

noun

An imaginary evil spirit or being, used to frighten children.

Usage examples:

We kept the blankets pulled over our heads to keep out the bogeyman

noun

An imaginary evil person who harms children

Usage examples:

Be good, or the bogeyman will come and get you!

noun

A cause of obsessive fear, anxiety, or irritation.

Usage examples:

The biggest villain is that adman's bugbear, saturated fat

noun

A particular thing that annoys or upsets you

Usage examples:

Smoking is a particular bugbear of his.

noun

An evil spirit or devil, especially one thought to possess a person or act as a tormentor in hell.

Usage examples:

He was possessed by an evil demon

noun

Variant spelling of daemon2.

noun

A police officer.

noun

(in christian and jewish belief) the supreme spirit of evil; satan.

Usage examples:

Belief in the devil

verb

Act as a junior assistant for a barrister or other professional.

Usage examples:

There is the possibility of devilling for fellow members of the bar

noun

An evil being, often represented in human form but with a tail and horns

Usage examples:

What the devil are you doing?

noun

An imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size.

Usage examples:

Along the north-west coast of britain, megalithic sites were commonly associated with mythical gian…

adjective

Of very great size or force; gigantic.

Usage examples:

Giant multinational corporations

noun

A person, either real or imaginary, who is extremely large and strong, or a very large or powerful organization

Usage examples:

He was a giant of a man, over six and a half feet tall., the merger makes them a giant in the publi…

noun

A large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature.

Usage examples:

A monster with the head of a hyena and hindquarters of a wolf

verb

Criticize or reprimand severely.

Usage examples:

My mum used to monster me for coming home so late

noun

Any imaginary frightening creature, esp. one that is large and strange

Usage examples:

To the whole world, he was a monster., a monster shark

noun

(in folklore) an ugly creature depicted as either a giant or a dwarf.

Usage examples:

Nobody was allowed to cross the bridge without the troll's permission

verb

Make a deliberately offensive or provocative online post with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them.

Usage examples:

If people are obviously trolling then i'll delete your posts and do my best to ban you

verb

To fish from a boat that is moving slowly in the water and pulling a fishing line (= length of string with something attached that attracts fish) behind it

Usage examples:

Many of his friends had large boats, and they frequently traveled together trolling for mackerel.