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beatboxer

American  
[beet-bahks-er] / ˈbitˌbɑks ər /

noun

  • beatboxers
    plural
  1. someone who beatboxes.


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The acclaimed tap dancer Caleb Teicher and the world-champion beatboxer Chris Celiz might seem to belong to very different tribes.

From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2023

They added bass Avi Kaplan and beatboxer Kevin Olusola prior to competing — and winning — on the television competition program, “The Sing-Off.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2023

Shlomo is a beatboxer who has performed with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Bjork and Damon Albarn.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2022

Fans gathered outside the Patchogue Theatre on Long Island in New York during the service for the pioneering beatboxer whose birth name was Marcel Theo Hall.

From Reuters ● Aug. 2, 2021

“TikTok’s given me my entire life,” TikTok beatboxer Spencer Polanco told The Washington Post.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2020

Scientists recorded wild orangutans producing both voiced and voiceless vocal patterns—a feat previously attributed mostly to songbirds and human beatboxers.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 19, 2023

Rap music videos produced by artists in African, Europe, Asia and South America often include beatboxers, breakdancers, graffiti and other elements of hip-hop.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2023

But the quirky video app — where beatboxers can find an audience and corgi owners can subtitle videos of their dogs — offers Microsoft something its key rivals have that it lacks: a video service.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2020

An alternative theory is that the cry is actually a vocal approximation of a drum break, making Little Richard one of the earliest beatboxers on record.

From BBC ● May 9, 2020

You’re one of the few professional female beatboxers.

From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2019

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