Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)An African-American urban youth culture based on rap music, breakdancing etc.

    Hiphop, Hip-Hop, Hip Hop

    хип-хо́пxip-xóp

    хіп-хо́пxip-xóp

    an urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner city

  2. (uncountable)A form of popular and dance music featuring strong percussion and a powerful rhythm, usually accompanied by rapping.

Translations

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Origin

Reduplication of hop.

Reduplication of hop.

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged:raprap music

Word family

20 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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