boogie
noun /ˈbuːɡi/
/ˈbʊɡi/
(also boogie-woogie
[uncountable] /ˌbuːɡi ˈwuːɡi/
/ˌbʊɡi ˈwʊɡi/
)- a type of blues music played on the piano, with a fast strong rhythmCultureBoogie 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 Musicc2Word Originearly 20th cent. (originally US in the sense ‘party’): of unknown origin.