boogie en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Meanings
- (US, informal) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril cavity.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| boogies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
boogie en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
Etymology
French bouger means to move as in a dance move.
Meanings
- (informal) A style of swing dance.
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(informal) Any relatively energetic dance to pop or rock music.
Come on girls, let's get on the dancefloor and have a boogie!
- (informal) A large, organised skydiving event.
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(ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A black person.
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
1966, Liberation: An Independent Monthly, Volumes 11-12, page 66:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| boogies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
boogie board · full tilt boogie · boogie-board · full-tilt boogie · boogieboard · boogie-woogie · boogie box · boogieman
Translations (4)
fi tanssi (A style of dance) · fr boogie (A style of dance) · ru бу́ги-ву́ги (A style of dance) · pt rebolado (A style of dance)
boogie en · VERB · etymology 2
Pronunciation
Etymology
French bouger means to move as in a dance move.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To dance a boogie.
Don't you know I wanna boogie with you / Hey, I wanna boogie with you / Down on the corner
1979, Lou Reed, “I Want to Boogie With You”, in The Bells:Mr. Nichols said that with permits, equipment storage fees and other expenses, it costs the association about $7,000 for a season of boogieing.
2007 May 28, Tim Murphy, “A Little Older and a Bit Creakier, Skaters Boogie on in Central Park”, in New York Times:
- (broadly, intransitive) To dance, especially a vigorous, nightclub-type dance.
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(informal, intransitive) To move, walk, leave, exit.
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
1999, Thom Nicholson, 15 Months with SOG: A Warrior's Tour, page 75:The waiter boogied back with the drinks and did a little shimmy before he boogied off.
2007, Blaize Clement, Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter, page 69:Once in a while just coming upon a tilted snowbank in the midst of a feeding area is enough to send a band boogieing away downhill.
2002, Douglas H. Chadwick, A Beast the Color of Winter: The Mountain Goat Observed, page 149:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| boogying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| boogied | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| boogied | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| boogieing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| boogies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |