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Definition von boogieman im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- alternative spelling of bogeyman
- bogeyman
- A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories
- bogeyman
- A bogeyman is an imaginary evil spirit. Some parents tell their children that the bogeyman will catch them if they behave badly
- bogeyman
- A menacing, ghost-like monster in childrens stories
- bogeyman
- Any make-believe threat, especially one used to intimidate or distract
- bogeyman
- {i} bogyman, imaginary person or monster from children's stories that scares children; terrifying person or thing; evil spirit
- bogeyman
- disapproval A bogeyman is someone whose ideas or actions are disapproved of by some people, and who is described by them as evil or unpleasant in order to make other people afraid. The media depict him as a left-wing bogeyman. = monster
- bogeyman
- The spellings bogey man, and in American English boogeyman are also used
- bogeyman
- an imaginary monster used to frighten children