[
UK
/bˈuːɡi/
]
[ US /ˈbuɡi, ˈbʊɡi/ ]
[ US /ˈbuɡi, ˈbʊɡi/ ]
NOUN
- an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
VERB
- dance to boogie music
How To Use boogie In A Sentence
- Who might indulge in a boogie-woogie quadrille at such a time is beyond me.
- There's as much boogie-woogie in its movements as conga and tango.
- Yet he's also studied jazz and Indian music and learnt to play the sarod, so his band achieves a curious rapprochement between world-jazz and heads-down, no-nonsense boogie.
- This famous Jew boogie can shape your bootie in no time. Carin Davis: Cardio Hora: The New Jewish Fitness Fad
- And unlike the previous use of archaic folk tunes, Cajun stomps and swamp water boogies just don't have the same traditionalist staying power.
- In some ways that's no bad thing - what else is dance music for if not to compel you to boogie?
- There was swing and jive in the dance halls, mambo in the bars, boogie-woogie piano playing in the dockside cathouses. DESPERADOES
- That night we find ourselves in the Zona Rosa area to hear more live music, have a boogie, and quaff more of the local firewater, Aguardiente.
- I am familiar with the mix of Bromley lads and lasses out for a good time, having a drink or two, a boogie on the dancefloor and perhaps a sneaky snog before the semi-unconscious journey home.
- Here, you find everything from 12-tone to boogie-woogie, neoclassic to blues, and neo-romantic to completely abstract constructions.