boogie

noun

1. 1

   informalA piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril cavity.

noun

1. 1

   informalA style of swing dance.

2. 2

   informalAny relatively energetic dance to pop or rock music.

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

3. 3

   informalA large, organised skydiving event.

4. 4

   slangA black person.

verb

1. 1

   To dance a boogie.

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

   Mr. Nichols said that with permits, equipment storage fees and other expenses, it costs the association about $7,000 for a season of boogieing.

2. 2

   To dance, especially a vigorous, nightclub-type dance.

3. 3

   informalTo move, walk, leave, exit.

   Let's boogie on out of here.

   Again, the entire line stopped, and again, by the time I got there the enemy had boogied, having accomplished their mission: to delay and harass us

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

   Once in a while just coming upon a tilted snowbank in the midst of a feeding area is enough to send a band boogieing away downhill.

Forms

plural

boogies

past tense

boogied

past participle

boogied

present participle

boogying, boogieing

third person singular

boogies