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boog⋅ie

  [boog-ee, boo-gee] noun, verb, -ied, -ie⋅ing.
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–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, esp. to rock music.
5. Slang. (often fol. by on down) to go.
Origin:
1920–25, Americanism; of uncert. orig.
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Slang Dictionary
boogie [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.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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boogie down (to (somewhere))

  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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Word Origin & History

boogie  (v.)
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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