Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to boogaloo
Participle: boogalooed
Gerund: boogalooing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | boogaloo |
| you | boogaloo |
| he;she;it | boogaloos |
| we | boogaloo |
| you | boogaloo |
| they | boogaloo |
Perfect
| I | have boogalooed |
| you | have boogalooed |
| he;she;it | has boogalooed |
| we | have boogalooed |
| you | have boogalooed |
| they | have boogalooed |
Past
| I | boogalooed |
| you | boogalooed |
| he;she;it | boogalooed |
| we | boogalooed |
| you | boogalooed |
| they | boogalooed |
Pluperfect
| I | had boogalooed |
| you | had boogalooed |
| he;she;it | had boogalooed |
| we | had boogalooed |
| you | had boogalooed |
| they | had boogalooed |
Future
| I | will boogaloo |
| you | will boogaloo |
| he;she;it | will boogaloo |
| we | will boogaloo |
| you | will boogaloo |
| they | will boogaloo |
Future Perfect
| I | will have boogalooed |
| you | will have boogalooed |
| he;she;it | will have boogalooed |
| we | will have boogalooed |
| you | will have boogalooed |
| they | will have boogalooed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | boogaloo |
| you | boogaloo |
| he;she;it | boogaloo |
| we | boogaloo |
| you | boogaloo |
| they | boogaloo |
Perfect
| I | have boogalooed |
| you | have boogalooed |
| he;she;it | have boogalooed |
| we | have boogalooed |
| you | have boogalooed |
| they | have boogalooed |
Imperfect
| I | boogalooed |
| you | boogalooed |
| he;she;it | boogalooed |
| we | boogalooed |
| you | boogalooed |
| they | boogalooed |
Pluperfect
| I | had boogalooed |
| you | had boogalooed |
| he;she;it | had boogalooed |
| we | had boogalooed |
| you | had boogalooed |
| they | had boogalooed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would boogaloo |
| you | would boogaloo |
| he;she;it | would boogaloo |
| we | would boogaloo |
| you | would boogaloo |
| they | would boogaloo |
Perfect
| I | would have boogalooed |
| you | would have boogalooed |
| he;she;it | would have boogalooed |
| we | would have boogalooed |
| you | would have boogalooed |
| they | would have boogalooed |
Imperative
| you | boogaloo |
| we | Let's boogaloo |
| you | boogaloo |
Verbs conjugated like 'boogaloo'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'boogaloo'
boo-boo,
boohoo,
begall,
begloom,
bogan,
bogart,
boggle,
bollox,
bolo,
bongo,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Attested as a style of dance since at least January 1966 (and found in the titles of many songs around that time), perhaps from boogie (for the ending, compare crackaloo, hullabaloo). (Compare Spanish bugalú, the Spanish name for the style of music and dance.) Kent Harris used the stage name "Boogaloo" in the 1950s. The sense "sequel or repetition" refers to the title of Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984), a sequel which was considered to be so bad it became a cult classic. Compare the sense "black person" to boogalee, a term for a Cajun, attested since 1960 or earlier.
Sample Sentences
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She would have screamed in the judge's face, getting her man ninety years and a day. "You two boogaloo like an old married couple," I tell them after they've danced stiffly for a few minutes. [1972, John Asberry McCluskey, The Pilgrims (also printed as 1974, John McCluskey, Look What They Done to My Song: A Novel, Random House, NY)]