27 October 2017
bugaloo
[boo g-uh-loo, boo-guh-]
noun, plural bugaloos.
1. a fast dance of Afro-American origin, performed by couples and characterized by dancing apart and moving the body in short, quick movements to the beat of the music.
Origin of bugaloo
of obscure origin – possibly where the word ‘boogie’ originated
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Slang definitions & phrases for bugaloo
boogaloo
modifier
: That’s really voodoo music, man, boogaloo music
: Go out and have a bugaloo good time
noun
A shuffling, shoulder-swinging dance : feet doing a fast boogaloo in the grass
verb
: They boogalooed down the street
To carry on jocularly; play; tease; fool around
[1960s+; apparently a rhyming form based on boog, like boogerboo]
bugaloo
Related Terms
boogaloo
The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D.
Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers.
Anagram
a boo lug
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