boogie
noun
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Black person.
boogied
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past participleof boogie.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof boogie.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
boogienouna contemptuous term used to refer to a Black person.
Example Sentences
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Convention attendees also saw the moves of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who boogied his way to the stage to giggles in the room.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024
There are plenty of stars who were music-video vixens before making it big: Alicia Silverstone was Aerosmith’s muse in the ‘90s, and Courteney Cox boogied with Bruce Springsteen pre-”Friends.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
Some gleeful fans turned around to shoot selfies with Bieber, who wore a a black skullcap, shades, a white hoodie and a sparkling necklace as he boogied in the background.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2022
The 76-year-old showed no signs of poor health or even his age as he danced, pranced and boogied up and down a long catwalk that extended to the middle of the stadium's field.
From Fox News ● Aug. 23, 2019
And while the crowd clapped, called out, and boogied on that last song, Clayton found an opening to plead his case.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
