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boogalooing

boogalooing is the present participle and gerund of boogaloo.

Meaning of boogaloo

Verb

boogaloo (third-person singular simple present boogaloos, present participle boogalooing, simple past and past participle boogalooed)

  1. (intransitive) To dance in this style.
    • She would have screamed in the judge's face, getting her man ninety years and a day. "You two boogaloo like an old married couple," I tell them after they've danced stiffly for a few minutes.1972, John Asberry McCluskey, The Pilgrims (also printed as 1974, John McCluskey, Look What They Done to My Song: A Novel, Random House, NY)

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Questions about boogalooing

What is boogalooing the present participle and gerund of?
Boogalooing is the present participle and gerund of boogaloo.

Words near boogalooing in the dictionary

  1. booga hags
  2. boogalee
  3. boogalees
  4. boogaloo
  5. boogalooed
  6. boogalooing
  7. boogaloos
  8. boogan
  9. boogans
  10. boogas
  11. boogatsa

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