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"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2013, Frances Booth, The Distraction Trap",
"text": "Before the Internet it was television. And, if not that, it was radio, films, or games. All have taken their turn as the popular bogeyman, blighting the minds of the young.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any make-believe threat, especially one used to intimidate or distract."
],
"links": [
[
"make-believe",
"make-believe"
],
[
"threat",
"threat"
],
[
"intimidate",
"intimidate"
],
[
"distract",
"distract"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) Any make-believe threat, especially one used to intimidate or distract."
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbəʊ.ɡɪˌmæn/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbəʊ.ɡiˌmæn/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈboʊ.ɡiˌmæn/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbʊɡ.iˌmæn/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbu.ɡiˌmæn/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbu.ɡiˌmæn/",
"tags": [
"Canada"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "chimera"
},
{
"word": "bogieman"
},
{
"word": "bogyman"
},
{
"word": "boogieman"
},
{
"word": "boogeyman"
},
{
"word": "boogyman"
},
{
"word": "buggerman"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "būʕʕu",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "بوعو"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bū ḵanša",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "بو خنشة"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "hamalau-zaku"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "home del sac"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "papu"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guàiwù",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "怪物"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "móguǐ",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "魔鬼"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bubák"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bussemand"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bøhmand"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "boeman"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bietebauw"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "infantimigulo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "koll"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "mörkö"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "croque-mitaine"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sacaúntos"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coco"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sacamanteigas"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "papón"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Butzemann"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "bampoúlas",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μπαμπούλας"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "mormolukeîon",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μορμολυκεῖον"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "krampusz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "mumus"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "uomo nero"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "babau"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bugīman",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "ブギーマン"
},
{
"alt": "こおに",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ko-oni",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "小鬼"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kkoma dokkaebi",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "꼬마 도깨비"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bugimaen",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "부기맨"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "bambaruto"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "buba"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "larva"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "bubulis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "baubas"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "bubulis"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "croque-mitaine"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "barbou"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "busemann"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "lūlū",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "لولو"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "czarny lud"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bicho-papão"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "homem do saco"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "papa-figos"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baubau"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "omul negru"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "gogoriță"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "búka",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бу́ка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "babáj",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "баба́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "strašílišče",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "страши́лище"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "in Slavic mythology",
"roman": "domovój",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "домово́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "búgimɛn",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бу́гимен"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "babaroga"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бабарога"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "coco"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuco"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cucuy"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sacamantecas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"Latin-America",
"masculine"
],
"word": "hombre del saco"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "mumò"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"childish"
],
"word": "mumu"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "bujī",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "буҷӣ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "gulyabani"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "hortlak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "öcü"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "karakoncolos"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "umacı"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "ngoáo ộp"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bussemand"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bøhmand"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"word": "mörkö"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schreckgespenst"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spauracchio"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "czarny lud"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "straszydło"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "púgalo",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пу́гало"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žúpel",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жу́пел"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"word": "öcü"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"word": "korkutku"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"word": "canavar"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"bogeyman"
],
"word": "bogeyman"
}
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