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boogie

noun
🔊/ˈbuːɡi/
🔊/ˈbʊɡi/
(also boogie-woogie
🔊/ˌbuːɡi ˈwuːɡi/
🔊/ˌbʊɡi ˈwʊɡi/
)
[uncountable]
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  1. a type of blues music played on the piano, with a fast strong rhythm布吉乐（布鲁斯钢琴乐，节奏快而强）
    CultureBoogie was especially popular in the 1930s. Musicians who helped to make it popular included 'Cow Cow' Davenport and 'Pine Top' Smith, who released Pine Top's Boogie-Woogie in 1929. The 'boogie-woogie' was also an early name for the jitterbug dance.
    Topics Musicc2
    Word Originearly 20th cent. (originally US in the sense ‘party’): of unknown origin.

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/
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  1. to dance to fast pop music随着快节奏的流行音乐跳舞
    Word Originearly 20th cent. (originally US in the sense ‘party’): of unknown origin.