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boogie

noun

  1. musical genre
L317224 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. to dance
L330992 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbuː.ɡi/ / /ˈbʊ.ɡi/

noun

Etymology: French bouger means to move as in a dance move.

  1. A style of swing dance.
  2. Any relatively energetic dance to pop or rock music.

    Come on girls, let's get on the dancefloor and have a boogie!

  3. A large, organised skydiving event.
  4. 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 passerby, incensed by the sight of the Stars-and-Stripes being carried alongside the Nazi Swastika, assaulted one of the Nazis

verb

Etymology: French bouger means to move as in a dance move.

  1. To dance a boogie.

    Don't you know I wanna boogie with you / Hey, I wanna boogie with you / Down on the corner

    Mr. Nichols said that with permits, equipment storage fees and other expenses, it costs the association about $7,000 for a season of boogieing.

  2. To dance, especially a vigorous, nightclub-type dance.
  3. To move, walk, leave, exit.

    Let's boogie on out of here.

    Again, the entire line stopped, and again, by the time I got there the enemy had boogied, having accomplished their mission: to delay and harass us