boogie down

boog·ie

[boog-ee, boo-gee] noun, verb, boog·ied, boog·ie·ing.
noun
1.
Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a black.
2.
boogie-woogie.
3.
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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Origin:
1920–25, Americanism; of uncertain origin

Can be confused: bogey, bogy, boogie.
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boogie (ˈbuːɡɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb , -gies, -gieing, -gied
1.  to dance to pop music
2.  to make love
 
—n
3.  a session of dancing to pop music
 
[C20: originally African-American slang, perhaps from Kongo mbugi devilishly good]

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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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boogie definition

[ˈbugi] or [ˈbʊgi]
  1. n.
    a kind of rock dance. : I didn't like the boogie until I learned how to do it right.
  2. in.
    to dance rock-style. : I'm too old to boogie.
  3. n.
    a party where the boogieis danced. : There's a boogie over at Steve's tonight.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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boogie down (to (somewhere)) definition


  1. in.
    to hurry (to somewhere); to go (somewhere). : So, why don't you boogie down to the store and load up with bud and berries for the weekend?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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