BOOGIE-WOOGIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boogie-woogie mean? 

• BOOGIE-WOOGIE (noun)
  The noun BOOGIE-WOOGIE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BOOGIE-WOOGIE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOOGIE-WOOGIE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

boogie; boogie-woogie

Hypernyms ("boogie-woogie" is a kind of...):

blues (a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes)

jazz (a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles)