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- [hip hop]
- /hɪp hɒp/
- /hɪp hɒp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hip hop]
- /hɪp hɒp/
Definitions of hip-hop word
- noun hip-hop the popular subculture of big-city teenagers, which includes rap music, break dancing, and graffiti art. 1
- noun hip-hop rap music. 1
- adjective hip-hop of, relating to, or characteristic of this subculture: the hip-hop generation. 1
- uncountable noun hip-hop Hip-hop is a form of popular culture which started among young black people in the United States in the 1980s. It includes rap music and graffiti art. 0
- noun hip-hop a US pop culture movement originating in the 1980s comprising rap music, graffiti, and break dancing 0
- noun hip-hop a form of popular music that originated among inner-city African-American youths in the 1980s, drawing on rap, funk, street sounds, and fragments of melody and rhythm borrowed from previously recorded sources 0
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Origin of hip-hop
First appearance:
before 1985 One of the 1% newest English words
First recorded in 1985-90
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hip-hop
noun
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preposition
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hip-hop popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
Top questions with hip-hop
- what is hip-hop?