boogie
/ˈbʊ.ɡi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.55 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Come on girls, let's get on the dancefloor and have a boogie!"
- "in front of the White House during the crisis over admission of James Meredith to the Univeristy of Mississippi, we were counterpicketed by five members of the American Nazi Party. One of them carried two placards: one saying "Who Needs Niggers?" and the other "Back to the Trees, Boogies!" Finally a passerby, incensed by the sight of the Stars-and-Stripes being carried alongside the Nazi Swastika, assaulted one of the Nazis"
- "Don't you know I wanna boogie with you / Hey, I wanna boogie with you / Down on the corner"
- "Mr. Nichols said that with permits, equipment storage fees and other expenses, it costs the association about $7,000 for a season of boogieing."
- "Let's boogie on out of here."
- "Again, the entire line stopped, and again, by the time I got there the enemy had boogied, having accomplished their mission: to delay and harass us"
Etymology
French bouger means to move as in a dance move.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbʊ.ɡi/
- British English: /ˈbuː.ɡi/
Usage
- American usage
- Informal
- Offensive
- Slang
- Intransitive verb
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Music.