Green’s Dictionary of Slang

boogaloo v.

[SE boogaloo, a dance step of the 1960s]
(orig. US black)

(also bugaloo) to fool around.

[US]H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: boogaloo [...] v. to fool around.
[US]S. Ace Stand On It (1979) 155: Pretty soon that gearshift is going to boogaloo right over where even I can’t reach it.
[UK]P. Baker Blood Posse 168: The next time you guys bugaloo on our turf then you got to pay the piper.

In phrases

put the boogaloo on (v.)

to annoy, to cause trouble (for).

‘Intramural Sports: Iggy’s Outlook’ Creighton University 🌐 Bambenek has made numerous big gains by putting the boogaloo on a would be tackler.