English
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Noun
bogeyman (plural bogeymen)
- A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.
- (by extension) Any make-believe threat, especially one used to intimidate or distract.
- The alleged link between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda turned out to be a bogeyman.
Translations
menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories
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- Italian: uomo nero, babau (it)
- Japanese: ブギーマン (bugīman), 小鬼 (ja) (こおに, ko-oni)
- Norman: croque-mitaine m, barbou m
- Korean: 꼬마 도깨비 (kkoma dokkaebi), 부기맨 (bugimaen)
- Latgalian: buba
- Latvian: bubulis
- Lithuanian: baubas, bubulis
- 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)
- Serbo-Croatian: babaroga (sh) f, бабарога f
- Spanish: coco (es), cuco (es) m
- Turkish: gulyabani (tr), hortlak (tr), öcü (tr), karakoncolos (tr), umacı (tr)
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