double-bogey

1. 1.

   (golf) a score of two strokes over par for a hole

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Questions about double-bogey

What does double-bogey mean?

double-bogey means "(golf) a score of two strokes over par for a hole".

How many syllables are in double-bogey?

double-bogey has 4 syllables and divides as dou-ble--bo-gey under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is double-bogey a common word?

double-bogey is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.