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
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Noun
Singular:
boogie-woogie
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boogie-woogiesOrigin 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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