boogie

variants also boogy or boogey

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Recent Examples of boogie The audience got a kick out of the gag, with Jennifer Lopez and Andrew Scott boogieing in their seats, and Matt Damon wiping away tears of laughter. Patrick Ryan, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024 Donning headphones, the 24-year-old boogied to his pregame tunes like no one was watching. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 May 2024 Directed by Lau Kar-leung, a staple talent of the studio, there’s barely a plot supporting the movie’s premise, which sees rival martial-arts schools converging on a small town to boogie down. Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024 Saturday, March 26 Mustache Bash Get ready to boogie with some of the best disco and funk music at this 21-and-up affair. Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2022 See all Example Sentences for boogie 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boogie
Verb
  • The Alan Menken songs will get your head bopping amid the retro narrative about a nerdy flower guy (Rich Moranis) who has a crush on a co-worker (Ellen Greene) and develops a co-dependent friendship with a man-eating plant. 15.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
  • There was one brave cast member who bopped to his own beat, and that man was Liev Schreiber.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • The one-minute preview also features new clips of Gaga and the Napoleon actor kissing in a burning room, sharing cigarette smoke through jail cell bars and waltzing under streetlights.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Does that involve waltzing into the Baltimore Afro-American newspaper offices hoping to get one of its reporters to hand her everything on Cleo?
    Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2024
Verb
  • Oakland baseball almost always tangoed with tension between supporters and ownership—but not with players.
    Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Yesterday’s Boeing purchases might have been a not-so-subtle reminder to the EU and Airbus that two can tango at the tariff game.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Clifton Daniel, for instance, jitterbugged with an expertise that increased one’s respect for The New York Times.
    Gloria Steinem, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Linders says the audience for trad jazz can generally be put into three categories: There are swing dancers who are eager to jitterbug to some hot sounds.
    Noah Schaffer, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2023
Verb
  • The same account posted a separate video showing a woman collecting her jacket from the back of her chair and shuffling past other people to get out of the row.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Things could be shuffled here soon after three linemen left the game with injuries.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Amy Jade Winehouse could have been any young woman growing up in 1990s London — palling around with her mates, sneaking lagers, shagging dudes, getting into trouble, getting her nose pierced, and getting expelled from drama school for it.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
  • From washable options to shag rugs, these will transform your sleeping space.
    Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2024
Verb
  • Ready or not, the Dancing With the Stars competitors are jamming, jiving, and foxtrotting in full throttle.
    Calie Schepp, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024
  • When reality doesn’t jive with her desires (see also: Shauna’s early acceptance to Brown), no one dares shatter her illusions.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Diamond jigs were originally intended to be dropped straight down from a boat and jigged vertically.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Owned by the Chinese, the ship was flagged to Argentina and jigging in Argentinian waters.
    Ian Urbina, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024

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“Boogie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boogie. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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