boogie

boogie
boogie oogie n. 1. (Music) an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano).

Syn: boogie-woogie. [WordNet 1.5]

2. a black person; -- offensive and disparaging. [slang] [PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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