English

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

  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 board
• boogie box
• boogie-woogie
• boogie down

Translations

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”, in 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.