English Dictionary

boogaloo

/ˌbuː.ɡəˈluː/

noun

(music, uncountable) A genre of music that blends rhythm and blues and soul music with Cuban-style rhythms, originating in the United States in the 1960s.

I love dancing to the boogaloo beat.

意味（1）

(music, uncountable) A genre of music that blends rhythm and blues and soul music with Cuban-style rhythms, originating in the United States in the 1960s.

意味（2）

A style of dance to this music, popular in the 1960s.

Most hip Gothamites now trying to get rhythmic understanding between arms, legs and sacroiliac in order to get in on the Boogaloo dance craze.

意味（3）

(music, countable) A piece of music, or an instance of dancing, in or of this style.

Basie played boogie-woogie, and Ellington boleros and boogaloos. To see the Marsalis faction rap a standard or breakdance before the blues would bring them full-circle, in full embrace, […]

意味（4）

A type of freestyle, improvisational street dance incorporating soulful steps and robotic movements, originally danced to funk and disco, but later more commonly to hip-hop.

意味（5）

(Internet slang, humorous) A sequel or repetition of events, etc. Often used to mock a lack of creativity.

“Felix, I—” “Kate, come on,” he begged. “We're a team, sleuth times two, boogaloo. We can do it.”

意味（6）

(Internet slang, US politics) A hypothetical second American Civil War, in which far-right or antigovernment activists rise up against the government.

Today, boogaloo has seeped out of the gaming community and found fertile ground in militant fringe movements. That includes anarchists and others on the far left. But it's especially popular among right-wing militias and self-described patriot groups.

意味（7）

(derogatory, possibly dated) A black person.

A naked savage in one mud village quarrels with another savage, as naked and as black as himself, in the next mud village. They quarrel about Boo-Galoo's chickens scratching up Gaw-Balaw's melon seed, or about Gaw-Balaw's hogs rooting in Boo-Galoo's yam patch (1935).