Boogie-woogie
/ˌbʊɡiˈwʊɡi/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A style of blues piano music. countable, uncountable
- 2 an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano) wordnet
- 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"
Example
More examples"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.