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boo·ga·loo

 (bo͞o′gə-lo͞o′)
n.
1.
a. A style of soul music popular in the mid 1960s, sometimes including Caribbean musical elements.
b. A style of dancing performed to this music.
2. A form of urban dance originating in the late 1960s, involving undulating, fluid body movements and briefly held poses, performed to funk music.

[Probably alteration of boogie or boogie-woogie (perhaps influenced by hullabaloo).]
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boogaloo

(ˈbuːɡəˌluː)
n
a type of dance performed to rock and roll music
vb
to dance a boogaloo
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