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An imaginary monster used to frighten children
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boogeyman
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Wiktionary
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n. (alternative spelling of bogeyman English)
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Also known as a boogeyman or bogeyman, one can only have an effect if its victim pays heed to it.
Wikipedia
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Boogeyman is a 2005 New Zealand-American supernatural horror film , directed by Stephen T. Kay and starring Barry Watson , Emily Deschanel , Skye McCole Bartusiak , and Lucy Lawless . The film is a take on the classic " boogeyman ", or monster in the closet ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Boogeyman \Boog"ey*man\, Bogeyman \Bo"gey*man\, n. Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, or an imaginary monster, used to frighten children, ...
WordNet
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n. an imaginary monster used to frighten children [syn: bogeyman , bugbear , bugaboo , booger ]
Usage examples of boogeyman.
He half expected the Boogeyman to be there, malformed face pressed to the glass, but it was gone.
He was, like most of the crew, a Bugis from the neighboring island of Sulawesi, descendant of the notorious seafaring people whose piratical exploits so impressed their European prey that it was said their very name entered the language to frighten naughty children in the dark windy English night -- be good or the boogeyman will get you.
Are white people who see black boogeymen around every corner any different?
Harry Talbot finished telling them about the Boogeymen, Sam leaned forward on the high stool to the telescope eyepiece.
Maybe he was just trying to anchor the fantastic image of ape-dog-reptilian Boogeymen in the real world, tie them in his mind to that vacant lot, and thereby make them more concrete, so he could deal with them.
And at the moment, finding a way to remake her life seemed a more important issue than learning where the Boogeymen came from and what they were.
Central, it would be because one of the search parties or a couple of the Boogeymen nailed them along the way.
The books make kids examine the boogeymen hidden in the closet and then turn on the light as reassurance.
For more than a year, his sleep had been troubled by nightmares with a variety of plots and a panoply of boogeymen, only some of which he could recall when he woke.
Yes, Darkside does exist, it is not just a boogeyman parents use to scare their children into behaving.
Pentagon was a favorite Boogeyman in some circles, almost beloved for its real and imagined evils because believing it was the root of all malevolence made life simpler and easier to understand.
The problem with Char was that she actually believed in the boogeyman when she was the boogeyman woman.
A boogeyman, used to frighten boys into good behavior -- like the Baba Yaga, who only eats the bad little children.
A boogeyman, used to frighten boys into good behavior-like the Baba Yaga, who only eats the bad little children.