boogie
verb/ˈbuːɡi/
/ˈbʊɡi/
[intransitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they boogie | /ˈbuːɡi/ /ˈbʊɡi/ |
| he / she / it boogies | /ˈbuːɡiz/ /ˈbʊɡiz/ |
| past simple boogied | /ˈbuːɡid/ /ˈbʊɡid/ |
| past participle boogied | /ˈbuːɡid/ /ˈbʊɡid/ |
| -ing form boogying | /ˈbuːɡiɪŋ/ /ˈbʊɡiɪŋ/ |
- to dance to fast pop musicWord Originearly 20th cent. (originally US in the sense ‘party’): of unknown origin.
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