boogie
[ boo g-ee, boo-gee ]
/ ˈbʊg i, ˈbu gi /
noun
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.
verb (used without object), boog·ied, boog·ie·ing.
to dance energetically, especially to rock music.
Slang. (often followed by on down) to go.
RELATED WORDS
sashay, ramble, drift, wander, mosey, loiter, meander, toddle, saunter, stroll, ankle, dawdle, percolate, gander, boogie, fly, streak, run, clip, zip
Nearby words
- boofhead,
- boofy,
- booger,
- boogerman,
- boogeyman,
- boogie board,
- boogie-woogie,
- boogieman,
- boohai,
- boohoo
Origin of boogie
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; of uncertain origin
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boogie
/ (ˈbuːɡɪ) slang /
verb -gies, -gieing or -gied (intr)
to dance to pop music
to make love
noun
a session of dancing to pop music
Word Origin for boogie
C20: originally African-American slang, perhaps from Kongo mbugi devilishly good
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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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