boogie
Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Black person.
a lively form of rock 'n' roll, based on the blues.
to dance energetically, especially to rock music.
Slang. to go (often followed by on down): We boogied on down to the club to catch the comedy act. We're gonna be late—let's boogie.
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How to use boogie in a sentence
Following the success of boogie Nights in 1997, the suits at New Line Cinema gave Anderson carte blanche.
The boogie Board Play and Trace lets your kids develop their artistic skills.
The best drawing tablets are your 21st-century sketch pad | Terri Williams | November 15, 2021 | Popular-ScienceBecause sometimes you just need to close the kitchen door, turn the volume up and have a really good boogie.
Pandemic playlists: Songs (and podcasts) that got us through coronavirus lockdown | Seb Joseph | July 26, 2021 | DigidayPaul Thomas Anderson, director of boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood, has taken on the task of adapting Vice for the screen.
Viral Video of the Day: The ‘Inherent Vice’ Trailer Is Loopy Fun | Alex Chancey | September 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHoffman was an everyman, and was at his best when tackling romantic rejection onscreen, be it in boogie Nights, or here.
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Best Performances: ‘Boogie Nights,’ ‘Capote,’ and More | Marlow Stern | February 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
It was that Oogie boogie was actually Dr. Finkelstein in disguise—sort of a Scooby-Doo sort of ending.
Henry Selick on Directing ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ | Marlow Stern | October 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWould you say boogie Nights was the role that really seemed to put you on the map?
Heather Graham on ‘The Hangover Part III,’ Roles for Women, and More | Marlow Stern | May 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHis specialty is working with amputees to knee-board or boogie-board.
Suicide Crisis: Why the Military Needs Mandatory Mental-Health Services | Marjorie Morrison | September 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMaybe they were both remembering those old days, the boogie Woogie Elmos.
Makers | Cory DoctorowGet Statistical and have them find out how much boogie time is consumed in plugging that silly thing into every takeoff problem.
If at First You Don't... | John BrudyOr the afternoon he played boogie-woogie on the Huyler Memorial Carillon.
This is Klon Calling | Walt Sheldon
British Dictionary definitions for boogie
/ (ˈbuːɡɪ) slang /
to dance to pop music
to make love
a session of dancing to pop music
Origin of boogie
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