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boogie

[ UK /bˈuːɡi/ ]
[ US /ˈbuɡi, ˈbʊɡi/ ]
NOUN
  1. an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
VERB
  1. 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.
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