hip-hop

noun

/ˈhɪp.hɒp/UK/ˈhɪp.hɑp/US

Etymology

Reduplication of hop.

Definitions

An African-American urban youth culture based on rap music, breakdancing etc.
2
A form of popular and dance music featuring strong percussion and a powerful rhythm,…
A form of popular and dance music featuring strong percussion and a powerful rhythm, usually accompanied by rapping.
- Even though Houston’s moment was already fading by the late 2000s, the city’s hip-hop culture proved to be endlessly portable and disseminatable.
3
To move by hopping or with a hopping motion.
- Placing the hoops in this position makes skirts hip hop with a swirl.
- I have a bunny and he goes hip hop, I often wonder if he cannot stop.
- Like magic, the frog hip-hopped out of her thoughts and the starlings came fluttering back and Sammy was there.
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  To perform hip-hop music.
  - I'm not entirely sure who in WCW felt like a bunch of hip-hopping rappers would get cheered in a company based mainly in the south (especially with a country band stable on the other side), but everything's a good idea in theory.

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Derived

alternative hip hop, chap-hop, conscious hip hop, dip hop, glitch hop, hick-hop, hip hopera, hip-hop honey, hip-hopper, hip-hoppy, hip hop soul, hip-hopster, hip house, hiplife, jazz-hop, Latin hip-hop, Nephop, swop, trip hop

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hip-hop. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at hip-hop. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at hip-hop

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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