BOOGIE

PRONUNCIATION: (BOOG-ee)

MEANING: verb intr.: 1. To move, go, or depart quickly.
2. To dance in an energetic manner, especially to rock music.
noun: 1. A style of blues music played on the piano, characterized by a fast tempo and repetitive bass pattern.
2. A form of lively dance.

ETYMOLOGY: From boogie-woogie, from African American Vernacular English. Further etymology is uncertain, perhaps of West African origin. Earliest documented use as both noun and verb: 1929.
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BONGIE - affectionate name for a child's favorite water-pipe

B.O.-OGRE - a storybook monster who smells bad

MOOGIE - describing music that sounds as if it came from a synthesizer