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one-drop

one-drop is the alternative spelling of one drop.

Meaning of one drop

Noun

one drop (uncountable)

  1. A style of drumming, prevalent in reggae and attributed to Winston Grennan, in which the snare and bass play on the same beat.
    • 1995: You have different intricate things that you do with your high hat while your bass drum and your snare might be playing the same beat, like the one drop, where the bass drum and the snare drum is playing identically. — drummer Nelson Miller interviewed by Carter Van Pelt in The Roots Is In...

Phrases with one-drop

Questions about one-drop

What is one-drop the alternative spelling of?
One-drop is the alternative spelling of one drop.

Words near one-drop in the dictionary

  1. one-dollar contract
  2. one-dollar contracts
  3. one-dollar man
  4. one-dollar men
  5. one-downmanship
  6. one-drop
  7. one-drop rule
  8. one-eighth
  9. one-eighties
  10. one-eighty
  11. one-er

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