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or boogey
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Recent Examples of boogie
On Hudson's show, guests are invited to boogie their way down a hallway backstage, dubbed the spirit tunnel, while staffers clap and chant for them.
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
There’s a slight chance Michael could still boogie down the road toward the end of this year for awards season; that isn’t out of the question.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
Popular since at least the early 1970s, poppers were thought to enhance pleasure in the bedroom and while boogieing on disco dance floors to anthems by the likes of Donna Summer and Loleatta Holloway.
—Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Puppy enjoys the snow following a storm Are your pups ready to boogie in the snow?
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
There’s a slight chance Michael could still boogie down the road toward the end of this year for awards season; that isn’t out of the question.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
Popular since at least the early 1970s, poppers were thought to enhance pleasure in the bedroom and while boogieing on disco dance floors to anthems by the likes of Donna Summer and Loleatta Holloway.
—Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Puppy enjoys the snow following a storm Are your pups ready to boogie in the snow?
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boogie
Verb
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According to onlookers, the Wicked star was bopping along the entire set.—
Stacy Lambe,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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The first violins unfurl a lilting, lightly bopping tune in D minor.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Natalia teaches him how to tango.—
Ilya Kaminsky
August 20,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
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Real sharks dance with shark handlers, with legitimate danger The loose competition features five contestants, all professional shark wranglers, grooving to tunes underwater with whichever swimming predator wants to tango.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
18 July 2025
Verb
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Clifton Daniel, for instance, jitterbugged with an expertise that increased one’s respect for The New York Times.—
Gloria Steinem,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2024
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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
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Gakpo is deeper, and Wirtz pushes forward as the central member of Liverpool’s forward line, while Ekitike shuffles across as the left of the trio.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Declining enrollment means the district may need to shuffle schools, students, or teachers to ensure each school is well attended, and the student-teacher ratios are well-balanced.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Within five minutes of exchanging how-do-you-dos, the two are shagging in the walk-in freezer.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
26 Aug. 2025
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Rivera, who always loved to shag flyballs during his playing days, hurt himself while manning center field during a Willie Randolph at-bat.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
9 Aug. 2025
Verb
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From electronics to delicate fabrics, natural stone, and more, there are a variety of surfaces and materials that just don’t jive with this household cleaning staple.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
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Even on a team with more veteran leadership this year, Trout seems to have taken on more responsibility — a role that hasn’t always jived with his personality.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The fang gang present themselves as yearning European folk enthusiasts and later as jigging fiends and sometime metalheads.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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However, a Rat-L-Trap can also be jigged vertically, which has a lot of application in saltwater.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Things that may shimmy and shake, but things nonetheless, not ideological assertions.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Climbers have reported shimmying past the frozen remains of food containers, oxygen tanks, beer cans, and plenty of ice-cold human excrement.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Boogie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boogie. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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