boogie
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boogie¹
- /ˈbuː.ɡi/ UK
- /ˈbʊ.ɡi/ US
Rhymes with -uːɡi, -ʊɡi
boogie²
- /ˈbuː.ɡi/ UK
- /ˈbʊ.ɡi/ US
Rhymes with -uːɡi, -ʊɡi
Where it comes from
French bouger means to move as in a dance move.
noun boogies
- A style of swing dance.
- Any relatively energetic dance to pop or rock music. Come on girls, let's get on the dancefloor and have a boogie!
- A large, organised skydiving event.
- A black person. in front of the White House during the crisis over admission of James Meredith to the Univeristy of Mississippi, we were counterpicketed by five members of the American Nazi Party. One of them carried two placards: one saying "Who Needs Niggers?" and the other "Back to the Trees, Boogies!" Finally a
verb boogies · boogying · boogieing · boogied
- To dance a boogie. Don't you know I wanna boogie with you / Hey, I wanna boogie with you / Down on the corner
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To dance, especially a vigorous, nightclub-type dance.
Similar: get down
- To move, walk, leave, exit. Let's boogie on out of here.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: boogie-woogie, tilt, dance, bogie, booger, snot, loogie, snotball, loogy, spooge, gobshell, snootful, snotbox, snot rocket, snuff, gobbet
Translations
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noun A style of dance
| Português | rebolado |
|---|---|
| Français | boogie |
| Русский | бу́ги-ву́ги búgi-vúgi |
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title = {boogie},
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