/vəʊɡ/
OriginFirst attested in 1565. Borrowed from Middle French vogue (“wave, course of success”), from Old French vogue, from voguer (“to row, sway, set sail”), from Old Saxon wogōn (“to sway, rock”), var. of wagōn (“to float, fluctuate”), from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to sway, fluctuate”) and Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“water in motion”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move, go, transport”) (compare way).
Akin to Old Saxon wegan (“to move”), Old High German wegan (“to move”), Old English wegan (“to move, carry, weigh”), Old Norse vaga (“to sway, fluctuate”), Old English wagian (“to sway, totter”), German Woge (“wave”), Swedish våg (“wave”). More at wag.
The dance derives its name from Vogue magazine.
- countable, uncountableThe prevailing fashion or style.
“Miniskirts were the vogue in the '60s.”
- countable, uncountablePopularity or a current craze.
“Hula hoops are no longer in vogue.”
“The rotation of nine years with two fallowings, which was formerly so much in vogue, is now seldom or never to be met with; it was, however, productive of very fine crops of corn on tenacious soils wh”
- countable, uncountableA highly stylized modern dance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s.
- Polari, countable, uncountableA cigarette.
“Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.”
- intransitiveTo dance in the vogue dance style.
“Tonight’s sumptuous two-hour gig butts up hard against the curfew. Minutes often go by during which Murphy dispenses entirely with the business of singing pop songs. She’ll vogue, or reanimate some ac”
““Come on, this is boring!” “Okay... little man, bring your best.” (crowd cheering, clamoring) “Okay, looks like the little guy's voguing now. Whoa!””
- PolariTo light a cigarette for (someone).
- A fashion and lifestyle magazine.
- A hamlet in St Day parish, east of Redruth, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7242).
Formsvogues(plural) · vogues(present, singular, third-person) · voguing(participle, present) · vogued(participle, past) · vogued(past)