breakbeat
breakbeat · breakbeats
A form of syncopated rhythm prominent in much African musicA form of syncopated rhythm prominent in much African music.
Meaning
2 senses(countable)A form of syncopated rhythm prominent in much African music.
(uncountable)A genre of electronic dance music based on such syncopated rhythms.
Origin
From break + beat.From break + beat.
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Forms
plural: breakbeats| Singular | breakbeat |
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regular
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedbreakcore
Derivedbreakbeaty
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.