Bo·gey n.; pl. bogeys ,
1. A goblin; a bugbear.
I have become a sort of bogey -- a killjoy. --Wm. Black.
2. Golf A score on a given hole which is one stroke over par. Originally, bogey had the same meaning as par does now, i.e. a given score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- said to be so-called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. A double bogey is a score of two strokes over par.
3. Golf Par. See sense 2, above. [Archaic]
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double bogey
v : to shoot two strokes over par