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boogaloo

Pronunciation: /ˌbuːgəˈluː/

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Definition of boogaloo

noun

  • a dance to rock-and-roll music performed with swivelling and shuffling movements of the body, originally popular in the 1960s.

verb (boogaloos, boogalooing, boogalooed)

[no object]
  • perform the boogaloo:nearly 2,000 people pressed in behind them to boogaloo along Pennsylvania Avenue

Origin:

1960s: perhaps an alteration of boogie-woogie

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