Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To dance to rock music.
- intransitive verb To get going; leave.
- intransitive verb To move quickly.
- noun Strongly rhythmic rock music.
- noun Boogie-woogie.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Music) an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano).
- noun slang a black person; -- offensive and disparaging.
- intransitive verb to do a lively dance, often with the two partners not touching, to the accompaniment of rock music.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun informal A piece of
solid or semi-solidmucus in or removed from thenostril cavity ;booger . - noun informal
Dancing usually prominentlyexhibiting movements of thebuttocks . - noun skydiving, informal A large, organised
skydiving event. - verb intransitive To
dance a boogie. - verb intransitive, informal To
move ,walk ,leave ,exit .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb dance to boogie music
- noun an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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(Soundbite of music) ROBERTS: The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia Of Rock & Roll states that the term boogie derives from the jazz-based boogie-woogie, a piano style that featured a hot rhythm based on eight to the bar figures played with the left hand.
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(Soundbite of music) ROBERTS: The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia Of Rock & Roll states that the term boogie derives from the jazz-based boogie-woogie, a piano style that featured a hot rhythm based on eight to the bar figures played with the left hand.
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The title boogie "Rock a While" propels one onto the dance floor from the first notes - Alan Hagar burns it up on guitar on this one.
CounterPunch 2010
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(Soundbite of music) MILES: In the '60s and' 70s, Toussaint made a series of good but uneven albums that included a lot of what he calls boogie-ing and woogie-ing.
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(Soundbite of music) MILES: In the '60s and' 70s, Toussaint made a series of good but uneven albums that included a lot of what he calls boogie-ing and woogie-ing.
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(Soundbite of music) MILES: In the '60s and' 70s, Toussaint made a series of good but uneven albums that included a lot of what he calls boogie-ing and woogie-ing.
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(Soundbite of music) Mr. MYERS: The slang boogie-woogie most likely evolved from booger rooger (ph), a phrase first coined by Texas blues Blind Lemon Jefferson.
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(Soundbite of music) Mr. MYERS: The slang boogie-woogie most likely evolved from booger rooger (ph), a phrase first coined by Texas blues Blind Lemon Jefferson.
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The word boogie has been consistently used for so many other meanings during my lifetime that the racial slur aspect of the word is basically archaic.
"That's what happens when you interrupt the white man!" Ann Althouse 2006
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Research has been created a tool called boogie which is intended as a layer on which to build program verifiers for other languages.
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sonofgroucho commented on the word boogie
I blame it on this.
December 10, 2007