boogie-woogie

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbʊɡɪˈwʊɡɪ/, /ˈbuːɡɪˈwuːɡɪ/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈbʊgiˈwʊgi/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bŏŏg′ē wŏŏg′ē, bo̅o̅′gē wo̅o̅′gē)



WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
boog•ie-woog•ie /ˈbʊgiˈwʊgi/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Music and Dancea style of jazz piano blues that constantly repeats a bass line while the higher music parts freely improvise on the melody.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
boog•ie-woog•ie  (bŏŏg′ē wŏŏg′ē, bo̅o̅′gē wo̅o̅′gē),USA pronunciation n. [Jazz.]
  1. Music and Dancea form of instrumental blues, esp. for piano, using melodic variations over a constantly repeated bass figure. Also called boogie. 
  • rhyming compound perh. based on boogie 1925–30, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
boogie-woogie / ˈbʊɡɪˈwʊɡɪ ˈbuːɡɪˈwuːɡɪ/
  1. a style of piano jazz using a dotted bass pattern, usually with eight notes in a bar and the harmonies of the 12-bar blues
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