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• house music
  house music

  noun

  an up-tempo style of disco music characterized by deep bass rhythms, piano or synthesizer melodies, and soul-music singing, sometimes with elements of rap music.
• House music
  House music

  noun

  a type of disco music originating in the late 1980s, based on funk, with fragments of other recordings edited in electronically

house music

American  

noun

1. an up-tempo style of disco music characterized by deep bass rhythms, piano or synthesizer melodies, and soul-music singing, sometimes with elements of rap music.

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House music British  

noun

1. a type of disco music originating in the late 1980s, based on funk, with fragments of other recordings edited in electronically

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Etymology

Origin of house music

1985–90; probably after the Ware house , a dance club in Chicago

Example Sentences

Wall-to-wall bodies, neon lights and pulsating house music greeted her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

"It was so early in the life cycle of house music coming up from the underground. DJs loved it and all the gay clubs loved it - but there wasn't the media attention."

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

On the Friday that I visited in Beverly Hills, house music by Rufus du Sol played softly from a speaker as we practiced drills.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025

Beyoncé's previous album, Renaissance explored the forgotten influence of black and queer communities on house music.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025

Kwaito, a South African mix of hip-hop and house music, blared from cars that passed us.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore