boogie
Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Black person.
a lively form of rock 'n' roll, based on the blues.
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.
Origin of boogie
1Words that may be confused with boogie
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How to use boogie in a sentence
So far Harry's tour of the Caribbean has been a riot of informality with booze, boogies and broken-down boats a-plenty.
Donny-moi des boogies et des alloomettes avec burr et sooker en tasse.
Mollie and the Unwiseman Abroad | John Kendrick BangsBoogies panted under his burden as they dodged impatient taxicabs.
Somewhere in Red Gap | Harry Leon WilsonJimmie thrust the bundle into Boogies' arms and valiantly led a desperate way to the North River.
Somewhere in Red Gap | Harry Leon WilsonAt this very interesting point in his discourse to me, however, Boogies began to miss explosions too frequently.
Somewhere in Red Gap | Harry Leon Wilson
"Have some cigarettes," urged Boogies, and royally bought them—with gilded tips, in a beautiful casket.
Somewhere in Red Gap | Harry Leon Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for boogie
/ (ˈbuːɡɪ) slang /
to dance to pop music
to make love
a session of dancing to pop music
Origin of boogie
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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