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dip hop

dip hop noun: a genre and broader subculture combining hip-hop with Deaf culture.

Noun

dip hop (uncountable)

  1. a genre and broader subculture combining hip-hop with Deaf culture.
    • Using hip hop as a foundation, dip hop emplys low frequency bass patterns for its beats and sign language for its lyrics, creating a flow between the two that is both visual and tactile.2016, Knut Holtsträter, Michael Fischer, Lied und populäre Kultur / Song and Popular Culture 60/61 (2015/2016): Jahrbuch des Zentrums für Populäre Kultur und Musik 60./61. Jahrgang - 2015/2016. Musik...
    • Other practitioners of dip hop, particularly grassroots rappers and dip hop groups, perform primarily for Deaf audiences and do not incorporate the use of oral language or bimusical elements.2021 November 30, Marko Kölbl, Fritz Trümpi, Music and Democracy: Participatory Approaches, transcript Verlag, →ISBN

Origin of dip hop

Blend of deaf + hip-hop; coined by artist Warren "Wawa" Snipe in 2005.

Questions about dip hop

What does dip hop mean?
Dip hop means a genre and broader subculture combining hip-hop with Deaf culture.
What part of speech is dip hop?
Dip hop is a noun.

Words near dip hop in the dictionary

  1. DIP chips
  2. dip coat
  3. dip coated
  4. dip coating
  5. dip coats
  6. dip hop
  7. dip into
  8. dip kiss
  9. dip locker
  10. dip lockers
  11. dip me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians

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