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Hi-NRG

Hi-NRG noun: a style of uptempo disco or electronic dance music that originated in the United States and United Kingdom in the late 1970s.

Noun (1)

Hi-NRG (uncountable)

  1. A style of uptempo disco or electronic dance music that originated in the United States and United Kingdom in the late 1970s.
    • As a regular visitor to New York's Saint and resident at the newly opened Heaven in London, Levine also pioneered hi-NRG – the sound of gay dancefloors worldwide that was later co-opted by Stock, Aitken & Waterman and sold on as pre-teen pop.2010, Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton, The Record Players: DJ Revolutionaries, Black Cat, →ISBN, page 81
    • During the late 1980s Italo began fading away and some groups moved into the Hi-NRG genre, which combined high-paced Italo and house.2014, Nicolae Sfetcu, Dance Music

Noun (2) capitalized: hi-NRG

hi-NRG (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Hi-NRG.

Forms of Hi-NRG

alternative formhi-NRG

Origin of Hi-NRG

Phonetic respelling of high-energy.

Questions about Hi-NRG

What does Hi-NRG mean?
Hi-NRG means a style of uptempo disco or electronic dance music that originated in the United States and United Kingdom in the late 1970s.
What part of speech is Hi-NRG?
Hi-NRG is a noun.

Words near Hi-NRG in the dictionary

  1. hi-jinx
  2. hi-lo
  3. hi-los
  4. HI-MEMS
  5. Hi-Nella
  6. Hi-NRG
  7. hi-rail
  8. hi-rails
  9. hi-res
  10. hi-rise
  11. hi-rises

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