Antonyms for boogie
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : boo g-ee, boo-gee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʊg i, ˈbu gi |
Definition of boogie
Origin :- originally "dance to boogie music," a late 1960s style of rock music based on blues chords, from earlier boogie, a style of blues (1941, also as a verb), short for boogie-woogie (1928), a reduplication of boogie (1917), which meant "rent party" in American English slang. A song title, "That Syncopated Boogie-boo," appears in a copyright listing from 1912.
- As in jazz : noun style of music
- As in dance : noun moving feet and body to music
- As in amble : verb walk casually
- As in hotfoot : verb hurry
- Maybe they were both remembering those old days, the Boogie Woogie Elmos.
- Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
Synonyms for boogie
- ankle
- barrel
- bebop
- blues
- bob
- bolt
- boogie
- boogie down
- boogie-woogie
- bop
- bunny hop
- burn rubber
- caper
- careen
- cavort
- Charleston
- clip
- conga
- cut a rug
- dart
- dash
- dawdle
- disco
- Dixieland
- drift
- flit
- fly
- foot it
- foxtrot
- frolic
- fusion jazz
- gallop
- gambol
- gander
- get down
- go like a bat out of hell
- hightail it
- hoof it
- hop
- hot jazz
- hurtle
- hustle
- improvisational music
- jig
- jitter
- jitterbug
- jive
- jump
- leap
- loiter
- make haste
- meander
- mosey
- one-step
- percolate
- prance
- promenade
- race
- ragtime
- ramble
- rhumba
- rock
- rock n' roll
- run
- samba
- sashay
- saunter
- scoot
- shimmy
- skip
- speed
- spin
- sprint
- step
- streak
- stroll
- strut
- sway
- swing
- tango
- tap
- tear
- toddle
- tread
- trip
- trip the light fantastic
- twist
- two-step
- waltz
- wander
- whirl
- zip
- zoom
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