bogeyman

See also: bogey man

English

Alternative forms

• boogieman
• boogeyman
• boogyman
• bogyman

Etymology

From bogey +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊɡɪmæn/, /ˈbəʊɡimæn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊɡimæn/, /ˈbuɡimæn/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈbuɡiˌmæn/

Noun

bogeyman (plural bogeymen)

1. A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.
2. (by extension) Any make-believe threat, especially one used to intimidate or distract.

Translations

menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories

• Catalan: home del sac m, papu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 怪物 (zh) (guàiwù), 魔鬼 (zh) (móguǐ)

• Czech: bubák m
• Danish: bussemand (da) c, bøhmand c
• Dutch: boeman (nl) m, bietebauw (nl) m
• Esperanto: infantimigulo
• Estonian: koll
• Finnish: mörkö (fi)
• French: croque-mitaine (fr) m
• Galician: sacaúntos m, coco m, sacamanteigas m
• German: Butzemann (de) m
• Greek: μπαμπούλας (el) m (bampoúlas)

  Ancient: μορμολυκεῖον n (mormolukeîon)

• Hungarian: krampusz (hu), mumus (hu)
• Italian: uomo nero, babau (it)

• Japanese: ブギーマン (bugīman), 小鬼 (ja) (こおに, ko-oni)
• Korean: 꼬마 도깨비 (kkoma dokkaebi), 부기맨 (bugimaen)
• Latgalian: buba
• Latin: larva f
• Latvian: bubulis
• Lithuanian: baubas, bubulis
• Norman: croque-mitaine m, barbou m
• Norwegian: busemann m
• Polish: czarny lud m
• Portuguese: bicho-papão m
• Romanian: baubau (ro) m
• Russian: бу́ка (ru) f (búka), баба́й (ru) m (babáj), страши́лище (ru) n (strašílišče), домово́й (ru) m (domovój) (in Slavic mythology), бу́гимен m (búgimɛn)
• Serbo-Croatian: babaroga (sh) f, бабарога f
• Spanish: coco (es), cuco (es) m, cucuy m
• Tajik: буҷӣ (bujī)
• Turkish: gulyabani (tr), hortlak (tr), öcü (tr), karakoncolos (tr), umacı (tr)

any make-believe threat

• Danish: bussemand (da) c, bøhmand c
• Finnish: mörkö (fi)
• German: Schreckgespenst (de) n

• Polish: czarny lud m, straszydło (pl) n
• Russian: пу́гало (ru) n (púgalo), жу́пел (ru) m (žúpel)
• Turkish: öcü (tr), korkutku, canavar (tr)

See also

• bugbear

Anagrams

• money bag, moneybag