boogie

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  1. intransitive verb To dance to rock music.
  2. intransitive verb To get going; leave: We're late; let's boogie.
  3. intransitive verb To move quickly: boogied down the road in their car.

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  • To quote Groucho Marx in 'A Night at the Opera, '--boogie, boogie, boogie You see what I mean? —  F ;SF - vol 088 issue 03 - March 1995
  • He picked out the tune, which he had heard for the first time at the concert, with two fingers and, later that evening he added a kind of boogie-woogie bass to the piece and was playing it right through. —  My Fifteen Years with General MacArthur.htm
  • DJ Kung Fu Chris and MAKossa spin heavy funk breaks, early hip-hop, boogie, and classic Jamaican riddims. —  San Francisco Bay Guardian: Top Stories
  • In terms of Southern boogie, The Outlaws were certainly up there with the best. —  Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • Leave It Alone explores the infectious space-boogie territory that Jamiroquai used to rule, and she carries it well. —  NOW Magazine
 

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