Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun boogie-woogie
1 sense of boogie-woogie
Sense 1
boogie, boogie-woogie -- (an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano))
=> jazz -- (a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles)
=> blues -- (a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes)