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Meanings of boogie-woogie in English

Russian
буги-вуги
Portuguese
boogie-woogie
Spanish
boogie-woogie
Catalan
bugui-bugui
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Music genre.

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          буги-вуги
          Catalan
          bugui-bugui

          An instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)

                bugui-bugui
                Synonyms
                Examples for "boogie"
                Examples for "boogie"
                1
                New Zealand born boogie-woogie pianist Jan Preston is on NZ Live today.
                Radio NZ
                2
                There were hundreds, if not thousands, of people dancing a boozey boogie.
                Radio NZ
                3
                On the bright side, there's no time for a boogie woogie solo.
                The Guardian
                4
                We can boogie this iron pony uphill, downhill, and off the road.
                Bones to Ashes
                5
                Incredibly he manages to keep his hair perfect throughout his boogie session.
                Independent.ie
                Usage of boogie-woogie in English
                1
                New Zealand born boogie-woogie pianist Jan Preston is on NZ Live today.
                Radio NZ
                2
                Thus began my adoration of Waller and jazz piano, especially stride and boogie-woogie.
                The Irish Times
                3
                Somewhere a piano was playing boogie-woogie and people were laughing and clapping along.
                The Shining
                4
                The results reached polyphonic realms hitherto unknown, from the Bartòkian boogie-woogie-on-speed of Study no.
                Wired
                5
                The first boogie-woogie was written by George Thomas, in 1913.
                The new yorker
                6
                I added a blues guitar, a boogie-woogie piano player and drummer cracking that afterbeat.
                The Guardian
                7
                Mother could play wonderful boogie-woogie when the urge struck her, but it didn't often.
                Rage
                8
                Outwardly, nothing had changed: the relentless boogie-woogie and ramshackle interviews were all present and correct.
                The Guardian
                9
                I loved boogie-woogie and hillbilly music and gospel too much, Toussaint said on the website.
                Reuters
                10
                When Laurence had trouble sleeping as a baby, Jackson played boogie-woogie records to console him.
                NY Magazine
                11
                They sure laid some boogie-woogie on you, she thought.
                The stand
                12
                That was the beginning of his boogie-woogie period.
                The burglar who painted like mondrian
                13
                There's also some classic boogie-woogie courtesy of Piano Red and a birthday tune for Jimmie Dale Gilmore.
                Radio NZ
                14
                Tiny Bradshaw plays the first version in the jump blues style, with boogie-woogie piano and big-band brass.
                The Guardian
                15
                It isn't a boogie-woogie, but close.
                Doctor Sleep
                16
                He was influenced by the jazz and boogie-woogie musicians he heard playing in bars among Fairmont's black community.
                The Irish Times
                Translations for boogie-woogie