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  acid house

  noun

  a style of disco music marked by heavy bass and synthesizer rhythms, often associated with the taking of LSD and MDMA.
• Acid House
  Acid House

  noun

  a type of funk-based electronically edited disco music of the late 1980s, which has hypnotic sound effects and is associated with hippy culture and the use of the drug ecstasy

acid house

American  

noun

1. Chiefly British. a style of disco music marked by heavy bass and synthesizer rhythms, often associated with the taking of LSD and MDMA.

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Acid House British  

noun

1. a type of funk-based electronically edited disco music of the late 1980s, which has hypnotic sound effects and is associated with hippy culture and the use of the drug ecstasy

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Etymology

Origin of acid house

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

Other cuts, like “Let Your Body Learn,” became fixtures in acid house and techno DJ sets.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

"We'd originally done Woke Up as a 10-minute acid house track with all these blues samples on it," said Love, whose real name is Rob Spragg.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2024

His new Great Hall Commission, “A Metta Prayer,” turns the museum’s solemnity into a funky, queer-infused love poem to the universe, set to an acid house beat.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2023

"It was the rave scene, the early acid house scene," he says.

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2021

The seeds of indie-dance were planted in the preceding acid house years.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2020