Boogie-woogie Definition

bo͝ogē-wo͝ogē, bo͝ogē-wo͝ogē
noun
A blues-based style of jazz piano playing in which insistently repeated bass figures employing eighth notes accompany melodic variations in the treble.
Webster's New World

A style of swing dance.

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Singular:
boogie-woogie
Plural:
boogie-woogies

Origin of Boogie-woogie

  • From African American Vernacular English perhaps ultimately of West African origin and akin to Hausa bugi form taken by the verb buga to beat (drums), when preceding a noun object or to Mande bugↄ to beat drums

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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