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beatboxing

beatboxing noun: the practice of using one’s mouth, lips, tongue, voice, etc. as a percussive instrument to create beats, rhythms and melodies for music, mainly hip hop. Also the present participle and gerund of beatbox.

Noun

beatboxing (uncountable)

  1. The practice of using one’s mouth, lips, tongue, voice, etc. as a percussive instrument to create beats, rhythms and melodies for music, mainly hip hop.

Also used as

beatboxing is also the present participle and gerund of beatbox.

Forms of beatboxing

alternative formbeat boxing
alternative formbeat-boxing

Questions about beatboxing

What does beatboxing mean?
Beatboxing means the practice of using one’s mouth, lips, tongue, voice, etc. as a percussive instrument to create beats, rhythms and melodies for music, mainly hip hop.
What part of speech is beatboxing?
Beatboxing is a noun.

Words near beatboxing in the dictionary

  1. beatbox
  2. beatboxed
  3. beatboxer
  4. beatboxers
  5. beatboxes
  6. beatboxing
  7. beatch
  8. beatches
  9. beatdown
  10. beatdowns
  11. beated

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