BOOGALOO Meaning of BOOGALOO in English [ ˌbu:gə'lu: ]■ noun a dance to rock-and-roll music performed with swivelling and shuffling movements of the body.Origin1960s: perh. an alt. of boogie-woogie (see boogie ). Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004