boogie-woogie, v. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

boogie-woogie v.

also boogie-woogy, boogy-woogy

[fig. uses of SE boogie-woogie music]

1. to enjoy onself.

1938		Miscellany in AS XIII:2 151: Boogy-woogy. To enjoy oneself to the limit.
1988		(con. 1930s) C.E. Lincoln The Avenue, Clayton City (1996) 2: Ain’ gon’ be no boogie-woogiein’ here [...] This is a decent Christian establishment.
1989		(con. 1960s) M. Kingston Tripmaster Monkey 13: Doctor Woo’s Chinese Flora Dora Jitter and June Bug Girls were boogie-woogying and saluting right through World War II.

2. (US black) to leave, to depart.

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