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cross-phrasing

cross-phrasing noun: musical device with a syncopated effect, usually when groups of three quavers cut across the beat.

Noun

cross-phrasing (usually uncountable, plural cross-phrasings)

  1. (usually) Musical device with a syncopated effect, usually when groups of three quavers cut across the beat.

Forms of cross-phrasing

pluralcross-phrasings

Origin of cross-phrasing

From cross- + phrasing.

Questions about cross-phrasing

What does cross-phrasing mean?
Cross-phrasing means musical device with a syncopated effect, usually when groups of three quavers cut across the beat.
What part of speech is cross-phrasing?
Cross-phrasing is a noun.
What is the plural of cross-phrasing?
The plural of cross-phrasing is cross-phrasings.

Words near cross-phrasing in the dictionary

  1. cross-party
  2. cross-passage
  3. cross-passages
  4. cross-patch
  5. cross-patches
  6. cross-phrasing
  7. cross-phrasings
  8. cross-platform
  9. cross-play
  10. cross-plies
  11. cross-ply

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