🎶 Dance music 🧸 A cute nickname 💃 To dance joyfully

to woogie

1 9.9

To dance in a joyful, energetic way

verb

Informal

: bailar

After a few drinks, he started to woogie and made everyone laugh with his silly dance moves.

Examples

As soon as the music started, everyone began to woogie with excitement on the dance floor.
Now I'm climbing out that window, and I'm jumping off that fire escape and I'm gonna boogie-woogie my black ass out of here, right now!

First Sunday (2008)
They couldn't help but woogie when their favorite song played at the party.

Synonyms

to boogie

vsto woogie

Informal

28 7.5

Dance energetically to lively upbeat music

leans more toward joyful, exuberant motion than only upbeat rhythm

to prance around

vsto woogie

Informal

15 4.1

To move with high, lively steps in a playful way

is more about joyful dancing to lively music than high steps

to cavort

vsto woogie

12 7.7

To jump and move around in a playful, excited way

involves joyful movement to music rather than general playful motion

to romp

vsto woogie

Literature

8 2.8

To run and play in a lively, energetic way

centres on joyful dancing to music rather than general running or play

to jive

vsto woogie

7 7.6

To dance in a lively, energetic way to jazz or swing music

is broader and more joyful rather than tied to a music style

to rollick

vsto woogie

4 7.3

To play and move in a loud, happy way

is specifically joyful dancing rather than general boisterous behaviour

to get jiggy

vsto woogie

Slang

3 9.9

To dance in a lively, playful way

is similar but emphasizes joyful movement to lively music above playfulness

to jig

vsto woogie

2 6.4

To dance quickly with short jumps and kicks

focuses more on broad joyful movement than on specific steps

to jigg

vsto woogie

Informal

1 9.9

To move your body quickly to lively club music

is more generally joyful and not tied to a specific regional style

to trip the light fantastic

vsto woogie

Archaic

1 9.9

Dance in a lively, graceful way to music

is more exuberant and less focused on graceful style

to boogie on down

vsto woogie

Informal

1 8.8

To dance in a lively way to music

is more focused on joyful, spontaneous movement rather than just rhythm

to jive to the rhythm

vsto woogie

Informal

7.5

Dance quickly and happily to the beat of music

is more about joyful energy and play than strict rhythmic timing

to shimmy on down

vsto woogie

Informal

9.1

To move or dance quickly toward a place

is more about joyful movement anywhere rather than moving toward somewhere

Antonyms

to sit

∞ 1.0

To rest with your weight on your bottom on a seat

to stand still

75 1.0

Stay upright in one place without moving

Compounds

boogie-woogie

4 8.1

A lively blues style played on the piano with a strong repeating bass and improvised melodies

How Energetic

to woogie

Informal

1 9.9

to cut loose

Informal

18 4.4

to dance

∞ 1.0

to sway

77 2.4

Surface Forms

woogie infinitive

woogied past

woogied past participle

woogieing present participle

woogies third person singular

Etymology

Woogie as a verb comes from the same idea as boogie, so to woogie is to dance or move joyfully to lively music.