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noun
1.
Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a black.
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a lively form of rock 'n' roll, based on the blues.
verb (used without object)
4.
to dance energetically, especially to rock music.
5.
Slang. (often followed by on down) to go.
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Word Origin & History
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), short for boogie-woogie (1928), a reduplication of boogie (1917), which meant "rent party" in Amer.Eng. slang.
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Slang Dictionary
boogie definition[ˈbugi] or [ˈbʊgi]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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