boogie

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʊɡi, -uːɡi

Alternative forms

• boogy

Noun

boogie (plural boogies)

1. (informal) A piece of solid or semi-solid mucus in or removed from the nostril cavity; booger.
2. (informal) Dancing usually prominently exhibiting movements of the buttocks.
3. (skydiving, informal) A large, organised skydiving event.

Quotations

• 2007 October 23, Murry Taylor, as quoted by Eric Weiner, “High-Tech Drone to Join Battle Against Calif. Flames”, National Public Radio, at NPR.org[1]

  the fire engines are bigger, the crews are better trained and the aircraft are more modern. But we're dealing with Mother Nature, and she dances a mean boogie.

Derived terms

• boogie box

Translations

A piece of solid or semi-solid mucus

Finnish: räkäklimppi

Russian: козявка (ru) (koz'ávka) f.

Dancing, usually exhibiting movements of the buttocks

Finnish: tanssi (fi)

Verb

boogie (third-person singular simple present boogies, present participle boogying or boogieing, simple past and past participle boogied)

1. (intransitive) To dance a boogie.
   • 2007 May 28, Tim Murphy, “A Little Older and a Bit Creakier, Skaters Boogie on in Central Park”, New York Times:

     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. (intransitive, informal) To move, walk, leave, exit.
   • Let's boogie on out of here.
   • 1999, Thom Nicholson, 15 Months with SOG: A Warrior's Tour‎, page 75:

     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

   • 2007, Blaize Clement, Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter, page 69:

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

   • 2002, Douglas H. Chadwick, A Beast the Color of Winter: The Mountain Goat Observed‎, page 149:

     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.