noun

• (music, uncountable) A genre of music that blends rhythm and blues and soul music with Cuban-style rhythms, originating in the United States in the 1960s.
• (music, countable) A piece of music, or an instance of dancing, in or of this style.
  "Basie played boogie-woogie, and Ellington boleros and boogaloos. To see the Marsalis faction rap a standard or breakdance before the blues would bring them full-circle, in full embrace, […]"
• (Internet slang, humorous) A sequel or repetition of events, etc. Often used to mock a lack of creativity.
  "“Felix, I—” “Kate, come on,” he begged. “We're a team, sleuth times two, boogaloo. We can do it.”"
• (Internet slang, US politics) A hypothetical second American Civil War, in which far-right or antigovernment activists rise up against the government.
  "Today, boogaloo has seeped out of the gaming community and found fertile ground in militant fringe movements. That includes anarchists and others on the far left. But it's especially popular among right-wing militias and self-described patriot groups."

verb

• (intransitive) To dance in this style.
  "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."