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hiphop

hiphop is the alternative form of hip-hop.

Meaning of hip-hop

Noun

hip-hop (uncountable)

  1. An African-American urban youth culture based on rap music, breakdancing etc.
    • "...not knowning as they strolled through the doors of the community center near Bambaataa's mother's apartment that they were writing musical history. Among them was an MC named Lovebug Starski, who was said to utter the phrase 'hip-hop' between breaks in time."2007, James McBide, Hip-Hop Planet, National Geographic (April 2007), 106
  2. A form of popular and dance music featuring strong percussion and a powerful rhythm, usually accompanied by rapping.
    • Even though Houston’s moment was already fading by the late 2000s, the city’s hip-hop culture proved to be endlessly portable and disseminatable.2015 August 9, Jon Caramanica, “Pimp C in a Journalist’s Back Pages”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2021

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Questions about hiphop

What is hiphop the alternative form of?
Hiphop is the alternative form of hip-hop.

Words near hiphop in the dictionary

  1. hipes
  2. hipfire
  3. hipflask
  4. hipflasks
  5. Hipgrave
  6. hiphop
  7. hiphugger
  8. hiphuggers
  9. hipification
  10. hiping
  11. Hipkin

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