Boogie

Quick meaning: Boogie is a noun meaning (informal, US) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril cavity.

Meaning

(informal, US) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril cavity.

More Meanings

1. (informal) A style of swing dance.
2. (informal) Any relatively energetic dance to pop or rock music.
3. (skydiving, informal) A large, organised skydiving event.
4. (intransitive) To dance a boogie.
5. (intransitive, loosely) To dance, especially a vigorous, nightclub-type dance.
6. (intransitive, informal) To move, walk, leave, exit.
7. (slang, ethnic slur, offensive) A black person.

Example Sentences

Let's boogie on out of here.

Come on girls, let's get on the dancefloor and have a boogie!

The waiter boogied back with the drinks and did a little shimmy before he boogied off.

Don't you know I wanna boogie with you / Hey, I wanna boogie with you / Down on the corner

Word Forms

• boogies
• boogying
• boogieing
• boogied

Synonyms for boogie

Depending on context, synonyms include booger, bogie, boogie-woogie.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include boogie-woogie, tilt, dance, bogie, booger, snot.

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