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boogie

[ boog-ee, boo-gee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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.

, boog·ied, boog·ie·ing.

to dance energetically, especially to rock music.
Slang. to go (often followed by on down ):
We boogied on down to the club to catch the comedy act.
We're gonna be late—let's boogie.

boogie

/ ˈbuːɡɪ /

Origin of boogie¹

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; of uncertain origin

Origin of boogie¹

C20: originally African-American slang, perhaps from Kongo mbugi devilishly good

Paul Thomas Anderson, director of Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood, has taken on the task of adapting Vice for the screen.

Hoffman was an everyman, and was at his best when tackling romantic rejection onscreen, be it in Boogie Nights, or here.

It was that Oogie Boogie was actually Dr. Finkelstein in disguise—sort of a Scooby-Doo sort of ending.

Would you say Boogie Nights was the role that really seemed to put you on the map?

His specialty is working with amputees to knee-board or boogie-board.

Maybe they were both remembering those old days, the Boogie Woogie Elmos.

Get Statistical and have them find out how much boogie time is consumed in plugging that silly thing into every takeoff problem.

Or the afternoon he played boogie-woogie on the Huyler Memorial Carillon.

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