hip-hop

or hip hop

[ hip-hop ]

/ ˈhɪpˌhɒp /

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noun

a popular subculture of big-city teenagers that includes rap music, break dancing, and graffiti art.

rap music.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of this subculture: the hip-hop generation.

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Origin of hip-hop

First recorded in 1975–80; probably hip⁴ + hop¹ (in the sense “act of hopping”

Words nearby hip-hop

hip bath, hipbone, hip boot, hip dysplasia, hip flask, hip-hop, hiphugger, hip-huggers, hip joint, hiplength, hipp-

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How to use hip-hop in a sentence

“I think the types of stories we do are very similar to what happened with hip-hop,” says Jones.
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So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.
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This was a guy from the hip-hop generation and with a perspective that was inextricably linked to that generation.
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Young, hip, urban millennials are using tools like Instagram to become one of the fastest growing travel markets.
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I asked her how her trainers, born and raised in Iran, have learned how to teach hip-hop.
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What more could one desire of him, I pray, Than just to hop around and stand for K?
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The Kangaroo can hop and hop and hop; Somehow he never seems to want to stop.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
The long axis of the hip-roof crystal is often so shortened that it resembles the envelop crystal of calcium oxalate.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Madame stood hand on hip, the flush fading slowly, her glance resuming its habitual lazy insolence.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
Ward picked up a flask of corn whiskey and slipped it into his hip pocket.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various

British Dictionary definitions for hip-hop

hip-hop

/ (ˈhɪpˌhɒp) /

noun

a US pop culture movement originating in the 1980s comprising rap music, graffiti, and break dancing

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for hip-hop

hip-hop

Another name for rap music.

notes for hip-hop

The term hip-hop also refers to the speech, fashions, and personal style adopted by many youths, particularly in urban areas.