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boog

boog is the clipping of boogie.

Meaning of boogie

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.
    • Don't you know I wanna boogie with you / Hey, I wanna boogie with you / Down on the corner1979, Lou Reed, “I Want to Boogie With You”, in The Bells
  2. (broadly, intransitive) To dance, especially a vigorous, nightclub-type dance.
    Synonyms:
    get down
  3. (informal, intransitive) To move, walk, leave, exit.
    • Let's boogie on out of here.

See all 8 meanings of boogie

Forms of boog

third-person singular presentboogs
present participlebooging
past participlebooged
pastbooged

Origin of boog

Originated in 1930s (boogie-woogie).

Questions about boog

What is boog the clipping of?
Boog is the clipping of boogie.

Words near boog in the dictionary

  1. boofish
  2. boofriend
  3. boofriends
  4. boofs
  5. boofy
  6. boog
  7. booga
  8. booga hag
  9. booga hags
  10. boogalee
  11. boogalees

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: boog (page history and authors); boogie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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