boogie-woogie
English
Etymology
Reduplication of boogie (“party”), of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbʊɡiˈwʊɡi/, /ˌbuːɡiˈwuːɡi/
- Rhymes: -ʊɡi, -uːɡi
Noun
boogie-woogie (countable and uncountable, plural boogie-woogies)
- (music) A style of blues piano music.
- (dance) A style of swing dance.
- 1953, Ahmet Ertegun (lyrics and music), “Mess Around”, performed by Ray Charles:
- Ah, everybody was juiced, you can bet your soul / They did the boogie-woogie with a sturdy roll
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Translations
music genre
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Further reading
boogie-woogie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “boogie”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “boogie”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.