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countable and uncountable, plural vogues
The prevailing fashion or style. examples
Popularity or a current craze. quotations examples
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 which require a great deal of tillage.
1860, Albrecht Daniel Thaer, The Principles of Practical Agriculture
(dance) A highly stylized modern dance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s. examples
(Polari) A cigarette. quotations examples
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.
1997, James Gardiner, Who's a Pretty Boy Then?, page 137
third-person singular simple present vogues, present participle voguing, simple past and past participle vogued
(intransitive) To dance in the vogue dance style. quotations examples
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 acid house moves, letting the beat take over.
2021 September 25, Kitty Empire, “Róisín Murphy review – a triumphant dancefloor workout”, in The Guardian
(Polari) To light a cigarette for (someone). examples