Definition of "boogie" []

• To dance to rock music. (verb-intransitive)
• To get going; leave: We're late; let's boogie. (verb-intransitive)
• To move quickly: boogied down the road in their car. (verb-intransitive)
• Strongly rhythmic rock music. (noun)
• Boogie-woogie. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "(Soundbite of music) ROBERTS: The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia Of Rock & Roll states that the term boogie derives from the jazz-based boogie-woogie, a piano style that featured a hot rhythm based on eight to the bar figures played with the left hand."
• "The title boogie "Rock a While" propels one onto the dance floor from the first notes - Alan Hagar burns it up on guitar on this one."
• "(Soundbite of music) MILES: In the '60s and' 70s, Toussaint made a series of good but uneven albums that included a lot of what he calls boogie-ing and woogie-ing."