boogie-woogie

[ boog-ee-woog-ee, boo-gee-woo-gee ]

noun

, Jazz.

1. a form of instrumental blues, especially for piano, using melodic variations over a constantly repeated bass figure.

boogie-woogie

/ ˈbuːɡɪˈwuːɡɪ; ˈbʊɡɪˈwʊɡɪ /

noun

1. a style of piano jazz using a dotted bass pattern, usually with eight notes in a bar and the harmonies of the 12-bar blues

Word History and Origins

Origin of boogie-woogie¹

1925–30, Americanism; rhyming compound perhaps based on boogie