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Definition of "boogaloo" [boogaloo]

  • A genre of Latin American music and dance from the 1960s. (noun)

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Use "boogaloo" in a sentence
  • "Len called it "boogaloo," but Carrie Ann insisted it was "old school hip-hop" but whatever it was, two of the judges -- Carrie Anna and Bruno -- felt it merited a perfect 10 points while Len gave him a 9 for a dance total of 29 and a night's total of 56 points."
  • "But because "boogaloo" is a term transmitted more often orally than in writing, it has enjoyed an immunity to the flux of fashion."
  • "Carmichael, Time magazine claimed, left ahead of the trouble and was “dancing the boogaloo at a downtown nightclub when the rock-throwing in Dixie Hills started.”"