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Word: Boogaloo
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1960s: perhaps an alteration of boogie-woogie
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌbuːɡəˈluː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a dance to rock-and-roll music performed with swivelling and shuffling movements of the body, originally popular in the 1960s.
Short Definition:dance to rock-and-roll music performed with swivelling and shuffling movements of body
Word: Boogaloo
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌbuːɡəˈluː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
perform the boogaloo
Short Definition:perform this dance
Examples:- nearly 2,000 people pressed in behind them to boogaloo along Pennsylvania Avenue
