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▪ I. boogie1 U.S. slang.|ˈbuːgɪ|
[Perh. alteration of bogy.]
A derogatory term for a Negro.
1923Confessions of Bank Burglar vii. 40 Three coons came into the barn..the three of them took a drink and then put the bottle in the hay... At noon the ‘boogies’ came in for another shot. 1925Flynn's 1 Aug. 572/1 One of the cops..caught two boogies. We picked up the two hard-lookin' young negroes. Ibid., The boogie jus' got up and grinned. 1937Hemingway To have & have Not iii. xiv. 205, I seen that big boogie there mopping it up.
▪ II. boogie, n.2 orig. U.S.|ˈbuːgɪ|
[Origin uncertain.]
a. A party, esp. a rent party.
1917(jazz-music title) Boogie rag. 1929in B. Rust Jazz Records 1897–1942 (1978) 516 We're gonna pitch a boogie right here. 1960P. Oliver Blues fell this Morning 163 He re-christened the [boogie-woogie] style after the ‘boogies’ or parties on the South Side. 1976G. Oakley Devil's Music 163 When rent day was due, you ‘pitched a boogie’, inviting the neighbours round and charging an entrance fee of perhaps a quarter and a jug of gin.
b. A style of blues (orig. piano) music popular at rent parties; = boogie-woogie. The term was adopted by rock groups in the late 1960s for music whose rhythm derived from repeated sequences of blues chords played on guitars. Also occas. dancing to this music.
1941Brunswick Records Catal. 6 (title) Scrub me, Mama with a Boogie Beat. 1956G. P. Kurath in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 107/1 Jitterbugging..during the Boogie-Woogie musical period..was known as Boogie. 196020th Cent. Dec. 560 Negro boogie pianists. 1976Gramophone Sept. 493/1 Among the newer exponents of southern white ‘boogie’..the Amazing Rhythm Aces and the Atlantic Rhythm Section stand out. 1983W. Mellers Beethoven & Voice of God ii. iv. 261 The syncopated chords hold the breath against the upward-thrusting and downward-quivering arpeggios, which incorporate acridly sharp leading notes into their boogie rhythm.
▪ III. boogie, v. orig. U.S.|ˈbuːgɪ|
[f. boogie n.2]
intr. To dance to boogie-woogie music.
Pres. pple. boogieing, boogeying.
1955Broonzy & Bruynoghe Big Bill Blues 30 Oh let's boogie, children, because Joe Turner's sure good to us. 1974Time 24 June 83 They are up on the seats boogieing and running around the hall. 1978Daily Mirror 12 Jan. 1/2 Night after night she flirts and boogies the hours away. 1980D. Norden in Muir & Norden Oh, my Word! 113 Frank was now boogeying with a neighbour. 1985S. Booth True Adventures Rolling Stones xvi. 150 There was no feeling of violence, only the desire to get close and boogie. |