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BOOGIE-WOOGIE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
Synonyms:
boogie; boogie-woogie
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("boogie-woogie" is a kind of...):
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)
jazz (a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles)
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