Boogy

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of boogie.; A black person.

    "Strike a match, the boogy's nuts."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of boogie.; A jazzy style of music or dance.

    "MR. KELLER: Be-bop is a new word for boogy or jazz."

  3. 3
    Alternative form of boogie.; A dance where boogy music is played.

    "That it would be after they had come from the boogy."

  4. 4
    Alternative form of bogey.; A goblin or hostile supernatural being.

    ""The boogy light!" D'ri whispered. "There't goes ag'in!""

  5. 5
    Alternative form of bogey.; A piece of dried mucus in or removed from the nostril.

    "The kids were laughing at him so he shot back and told her, "Well, Miss Ortíz, with all due respect, I was taught that boogy is something that comes out of your nose and poopy is something that a dog does on the street.""

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  1. 6
    Sexual intercourse

    "SOLDIER . There ain't nobody doing the dirty boogy."

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of boogie.; To dance to boogie music; to get down.

    "How was he supposed to boogy with one acoustic ?"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of boogie.; To move, travel, or exit; to sashay.

    "There I was in the middle of the night boogying down the avenue and suddenly there was a cow and he boogied right over and there was yellow cake everywhere."

  3. 3
    To have sex.

    "This book was originally written in the "boogy down" year of 1974 – right in the middle of the 1970's when the dating scene finally broke free from the restrictions of the "Ozzie & Harriet" 1950's and the unwashed "Love Bead" 1960's."

  4. 4
    To bogart.

    "He knew they were. boogying the beer."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Suspect; dodgy.

    "Boogy questions get boogy answers ."

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"Strike a match, the boogy's nuts."

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