ska

[ skah ]

/ skɑ /

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noun

a modern style of vocalized Jamaican popular music, which emerged in the 1950s as a blend of African-Jamaican folk music, calypso, and American rhythm and blues, notable for its shuffling, scratchlike tempo and jazzlike horn riffs on the offbeat.

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Origin of ska

First recorded in 1960–65; of obscure origin

Words nearby ska

sjoe, Sjögren's syndrome, S.J. Res., SK, SK8, ska, skag, Skagen, Skagerrak, Skagway, skald

How to use ska in a sentence

I E ska tarry, Gk kta possess; Dak kta defer, tarry, used also as sign of future tense.
The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages|Andrew Woods Williamson
What I want is to drive every pony across the Wakon and up the Ska valley, where we'll find support.
Under Fire|Charles King
Wakea Ska (White Lodge) said he would go, and the rest of us followed.
The Spirit Lake Massacre|Thomas Teakle
Ho som so gjilt kan po Langoleik spelo,Svanaug den vena, ska no væra mi!
Strife and Peace|Fredrika Bremer

Ska man' dros, or Scamander—a river of the Troad or plains of Troy.
Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca|Homer

British Dictionary definitions for ska

ska

/ (skɑː) /

noun

a type of West Indian pop music of the 1960s, accented on the second and fourth beats of a four-beat bar

Word Origin for ska

C20: origin unknown

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