boogie

Thân thiện

A pianist plays a lively boogie on the upright piano.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A style of blues music, especially for piano, characterized by a strong, fast, rhythmic beat: "boogie" refers to a particular instrumental form of blues music with a driving rhythm, often associated with piano playing.

2. Verb:

   • To dance energetically to boogie music or similar fast, rhythmic music: "boogie" means to dance in a lively, informal way to music with a strong beat.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The band played an upbeat boogie that got everyone's feet tapping.
  • He is a master of the piano boogie.

• Verb:

  • The crowd started to boogie as soon as the band began playing.
  • We boogied all night long at the party.

Advanced Usage

• "to boogie on down": to dance enthusiastically, often with a sense of fun or abandon.
  • Come on, let's boogie on down!

Variants and Related Words

• Boogie-woogie (n): A specific, early style of blues piano music characterized by a repetitive bass figure, which is a subset of boogie.
  • She specializes in playing classic boogie-woogie.

Synonyms

• Noun (Music style): Blues, rhythm and blues.
• Verb (Dance): Dance, groove, shake a leg.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Boogie down: Synonymous with "boogie on down"; to dance.
  • Everyone was boogieing down on the dance floor.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)

Verb

1. dance to boogie music

Từ đồng nghĩa

• boogie-woogie