beatboxing

[beet-bok-sing]

noun

1. a musical style or technique, especially in hip-hop, in which the sounds and rhythms of percussion instruments or a drum machine are simulated by using the mouth and voice.

   We heard some amazing beatboxing last night.

beatboxing

/ ˈbiːtˌbɒksɪŋ /

noun

1. a form of hip-hop music in which the voice is used to simulate percussion instruments

Other Word Forms

• beatboxer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of beatboxing¹

1985–90, beatbox (verb) + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

You start the special by playing with the audience and getting people loose by showing off your beatboxing skills.

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Carter made use of the club’s subwoofers with his flashlight, putting his humorously sharp beatboxing party starter skills on display to test the limits of the Kookaburra’s sound system.

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He left behind an incredible legacy, celebrated for his beatboxing prowess, turntable mastery and the 1989 classic “Just a Friend.”

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The wisps of rap and folk songs early on, backed by sparse arrangements of acoustic guitar, vocalizations and beatboxing, are more texture than fully realized numbers.

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The show combines music, poetry, break dancing and beatboxing as it follows two teens navigating adolescence in the confines of a hospital room.

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