Boogie-woogie

//ˌbʊɡiˈwʊɡi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A style of blues piano music. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano) wordnet
  3. 3
    A style of swing dance. countable, uncountable

    "Ah, everybody was juiced, you can bet your soul / They did the boogie-woogie with a sturdy roll"

Synonyms

All synonyms
acid rockbebopboogiebopdancehard rock

Example

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"Ah, everybody was juiced, you can bet your soul / They did the boogie-woogie with a sturdy roll"

Etymology

Reduplication of boogie (“party”), of unknown origin.

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