English Dictionary

HIP-HOP

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hip-hop mean? 

HIP-HOP (noun)
  The noun HIP-HOP has 2 senses:

1. an urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner cityplay

2. genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emergedplay

  Familiarity information: HIP-HOP used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIP-HOP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner city

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("hip-hop" is a kind of...):

youth culture (young adults (a generational unit) considered as a cultural class or subculture)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

hip-hop; rap; rap music

Hypernyms ("hip-hop" is a kind of...):

African-American music; black music (music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses)

popular music; popular music genre (any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time))


 Context examples 


From ballet and Zumba to Jazzercise, salsa, techno, swing, ballroom, and hip-hop, there are plenty of ways to have fun as you get fit.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Old is gold." (English proverb)

"Five fingers are brothers, not equals." (Afghanistan proverb)

"The envious person is a sad person." (Arabic proverb)

"Barking dogs don't bite." (Dutch proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact