trip-hop
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of trip-hop
C20: trip (in the sense: drug experience) + hip-hop
Example Sentences
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The city has long been home to acts that sought inspiration from nearly every bin in the record shop—the cinematic trip-hop outfit Portishead is the most well-known example.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
The emotions were buried under witch house trip-hop and then stuffed behind the impenetrable cool of glittering '80s synths.
From Salon ● May 19, 2025
Portishead’s return in 2008, “Third,” was uncompromising, dissonant and volatile, bristling against the ways trip-hop had been smoothed into background music during the group’s hiatus.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2024
With its tasteful trip-hop underpinning and lush swaths of strings, it’s self-consciously classy, a milieu that doesn’t quite suit her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
I’m headed to trip-hop when I notice a couple making out in the pop diva section in the far back corner.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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