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Boogie vs B - What's the difference?

boogie | b |

As a noun boogie

is a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus in or removed from the nostril cavity; booger.

As a verb boogie

is to dance a boogie.

As a letter B is

: Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof ...

As an abbreviation B is

the number of balls faced by a batsman.

boogie

English

Alternative forms

* boogy

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A piece of solid or semi-solid mucus in or removed from the nostril cavity; booger.
  • (informal) Dancing usually prominently exhibiting movements of the buttocks.
  • (skydiving, informal) A large, organised skydiving event.
  • Quotations

    * 2007 October 23, Murry Taylor, as quoted by Eric Weiner, “High-Tech Drone to Join Battle Against Calif. Flames”, National Public Radio, at NPR.org[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15563089] *: the fire engines are bigger, the crews are better trained and the aircraft are more modern. But we're dealing with Mother Nature, and she dances a mean boogie .

    Derived terms

    * boogie box

    Verb

  • To dance a boogie.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 28, author=Tim Murphy, title=A Little Older and a Bit Creakier, Skaters Boogie on in Central Park, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=Mr. Nichols said that with permits, equipment storage fees and other expenses, it costs the association about $7,000 for a season of boogieing . }}
  • (informal) To move, walk, leave, exit.
  • * Let's boogie on out of here.
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  • b

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=a, next=c, image= (wikipedia b)

    Letter

  • The second letter of the .
  • Usage notes

    The letter b is used in several romanization systems to represent the bilabial plosive or stop, usually voiced (.

    See also

    * (Latin script ): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz * For more variations, see . {{Letter, page=B , NATO=Bravo , Morse=–··· , Character=B2 , Braille=? }} Image:Latin B.png, Capital and lowercase versions of B , in normal and italic type File:Fraktur letter B.png, Uppercase and lowercase B in Fraktur File:UncialB-01.png, uncial approximate form of Greek upper case beta that was the source for both common variants of b B in uncial script

    Symbol

    (Voiced bilabial plosive) (head)
  • voiced bilabial plosive
  • (label) beauty quark, bottom quark
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