boogie-woogie

English

Etymology

Reduplication of boogie (“party”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌbʊɡiˈwʊɡi/, /ˌbuːɡiˈwuːɡi/
Rhymes: -ʊɡi, -uːɡi

Noun

boogie-woogie (countable and uncountable, plural boogie-woogies)

(music) A style of blues piano music.
(dance) A style of swing dance.
- 1953, Ahmet Ertegun (lyrics and music), “Mess Around”, performed by Ray Charles:
  Ah, everybody was juiced, you can bet your soul / They did the boogie-woogie with a sturdy roll

Translations

music genre

Chinese:
Mandarin: 布吉伍吉 (bùjíwǔjí), 搏基沃基 (bójīwòjī)
Esperanto: bugio
Estonian: bugi-vugi sg
French: boogie-woogie (fr) m
German: Boogie-Woogie m
Japanese: ブギウギ (bugiugi)
Korean: 부기우기 (bugiugi)
Macedonian: буги-вуги n (bugi-vugi)
Marathi: बूगी-वूगी (būgī-vūgī)
Russian: буги-ву́ги (ru) n (bugi-vúgi)

Further reading

boogie-woogie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “boogie”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
“boogie”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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