boogie
[boo g-ee, boo-gee]
- Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- boogie-woogie.
- a lively form of rock 'n' roll, based on the blues.
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- to dance energetically, especially to rock music.
- Slang. (often followed by on down) to go.
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Origin of boogie
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; of uncertain origin
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Related Words for boogieing
sashay, ramble, drift, wander, mosey, loiter, meander, toddle, saunter, stroll, ankle, dawdle, percolate, gander, boogie, fly, streak, run, clip, zipboogie
- to dance to pop music
- to make love
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- a session of dancing to pop music
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Word Origin for boogie
C20: originally African-American slang, perhaps from Kongo mbugi devilishly good
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Word Origin and History for boogieing
boogie
originally "dance to boogie music," a late 1960s style of rock music based on blues chords, from earlier boogie, a style of blues (1941, also as a verb), short for boogie-woogie (1928), a reduplication of boogie (1917), which meant "rent party" in American English slang. A song title, "That Syncopated Boogie-boo," appears in a copyright listing from 1912.
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