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rhythm and blues

rhythm and blues
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rith -uh m and blooz]
    • /ˈrɪð əm ænd bluz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rith -uh m and blooz]
    • /ˈrɪð əm ænd bluz/

Definitions of rhythm and blues words

  • noun rhythm and blues a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll. 1
  • uncountable noun rhythm and blues Rhythm and blues is a style of popular music developed in the 1940's from blues music, but using electrically amplified instruments. The abbreviation R&B is also used. 0
  • noun rhythm and blues any of various kinds of popular music derived from or influenced by the blues 0
  • noun rhythm and blues a form of American popular music, influenced by the blues and characterized by a strong beat: rock-and-roll derives from it 0
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Origin of rhythm and blues

First appearance:

before 1945
One of the 6% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1945-50

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Parts of speech for Rhythm and blues

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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rhythm and blues popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% 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.

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