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  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

Simply put, JOP was scratching a creative itch by flirting with Jersey club, drill and house music.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

"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

Nairn is also known for playing Wee John Feeney in the US TV period comedy drama Our Flag Means Death, and is a house music DJ.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

He’d be up in the morning, blasting house music or hip-hop, practicing moves the whole day.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah