boogie
pronunciation
How to pronounce boogie in British English:
UK [ˈbu:gi]
How to pronounce boogie in American English:
US [ˈbʊgi]
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- Noun:
- an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
Word Origin
- 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, also as a verb), short for boogie-woogie (1928), a reduplication of boogie (1917), which meant "rent party" in American English slang. A song title, "That Syncopated Boogie-boo," appears in a copyright listing from 1912.
Example
- 1. With women ! I like to boogie with women !
- 2. I love this song , let 's boogie .
- 3. Put a little boogie in it .
- 4. You went boogie boarding on christmas eve ?
- 5. Zine el-abidine ben ali , hosni mubarak , and muammar al-qaddafi have all now done the coconut boogie .