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boogie

[boog-ee, boo-gee] / ˈbʊg i, ˈbu gi /






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In Little Sam’s Island & Beach Fun, boogie boards and water toys sat unrented in the near-empty shop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

Hargitay and her “SVU” co-star Kelli Giddish posted their own boogie to the funky, jazzy tune.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025

I’d boogie to “Boogie Fever,” clap to “Born To Be Alive” and sashay to “I Will Survive,” inches from shimmying into the La-Z-Boy or Travolta-armsing our Airedale.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2024

"Because that's my lineage and the things I grew up listening to. If you want to boogie on down, you listen to a Mette record."

From BBC ● May 29, 2024

“I get this much to boogie in the street,” complained the Blue Monkey.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

A few beats later, Finley boogies to “Disco Inferno” while a video of men dancing in a club plays behind her.

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2023

For a sequence where Silverio boogies down to a vocals-only version of David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance,” the visual ballet for Khondji was an expression of intimacy and scale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2022

“And we’re bipartisan this year,” joked one of the night’s attendees, pointing out yet another change in the way Washington boogies in 2017.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2017

“All by Myself” is playing, as it was in the opening credits of the first movie—but then the song changes, and Bridget boogies to House of Pain’s “Jump Around.”

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2016

Whether I play the blues or boogies, concertos or cantatas, I forget about me.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

Convention attendees also saw the moves of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who boogied his way to the stage to giggles in the room.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024

Some gleeful fans turned around to shoot selfies with Bieber, who wore a a black skullcap, shades, a white hoodie and a sparkling necklace as he boogied in the background.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2022

People took to the streets and boogied down to Steam's 1969 hit "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye."

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2020

The 76-year-old showed no signs of poor health or even his age as he danced, pranced and boogied up and down a long catwalk that extended to the middle of the stadium’s field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2019

And while the crowd clapped, called out, and boogied on that last song, Clayton found an opening to plead his case.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia

On Wednesday, Theresa May seemed to focus on the latter, making her entrance for her big conference speech by boogieing to Abba's Dancing Queen.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2018

Another photo of Trump boogieing at Le Club, the private watering hole in the 70’s on the Upper East Side where boomers went to show off and misbehave.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2018

Little ones can start boogieing immediately with Karen Arcenaux, who will start the fun with Zumba, and then enjoy multicultural performances by groups like the New York Arabic Orchestra and Uptown Social Club.

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2017

Related: Ian McKellen: 'Gandalf the Grey likes boogieing around Hobbiton and having a drink' “There’s nothing scary about acting with her,” he continued.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2015

I don’t know what he was doing, but he was boogieing now.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2015




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