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shoegaze

/ˈʃuːˌɡeɪz/US/ˈʃuˌɡeɪz/

shoegaze noun: synonym of shoegazing.

Noun

shoegaze (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of shoegazing.
    • Historically, it is filed by music critics under the shoegaze genre. I suppose this is because the band used a lot of the same guitar tones as shoegaze outfits from the same time, but it was really a bit too psychedelic to fit the genre.2011, Courtney E. Smith, Record Collecting for Girls: Unleashing Your Inner Music Nerd, One Album at a Time, page 144
    • Most of the releases from the Boo Radleys during their shoegaze phase feature just such a baroque, as do Killing Time by Bleach (1992; with a prawn) and ... x, y and z by Moose (1992; with a sunflower).[…]In the same way that the image of the sheep is common for EDM releases at this time, the cat...2013, Benjamin Halligan, “3: Shoegaze as the Third Wave: Affective Psychedelic Noise, 1965-91”, in Michael Goddard, Benjamin Halligan, Nicola Spelman, editors, Resonances: Noise and Contemporary...
    Synonyms:
    shoegazing

Verb

shoegaze (third-person singular simple present shoegazes, present participle shoegazing, simple past and past participle shoegazed)

  1. To perform in the shoegazing style.
    • Ever the pedestrian, Jason shoegazes to the side of his rhythm section, his body limp against a guitar and greased locks flowing down over his arched brow.2004, Erik Morse, Spacemen 3 and the Birth of Spiritualized, →ISBN, page 86

Synonyms of shoegaze

Forms of shoegaze

third-person singular presentshoegazes
present participleshoegazing
past participleshoegazed
pastshoegazed

Origin of shoegaze

From shoe + gaze, see shoegazing.

Words formed from shoegaze

Questions about shoegaze

What does shoegaze mean?
Shoegaze means synonym of shoegazing.
What part of speech is shoegaze?
Shoegaze can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce shoegaze?
Shoegaze is pronounced /ˈʃuːˌɡeɪz/ (UK).

Words near shoegaze in the dictionary

  1. shoefly
  2. shoeful
  3. shoefuls
  4. shoegasm
  5. shoegasms
  6. shoegaze
  7. shoegazed
  8. shoegazer
  9. shoegazers
  10. shoegazes
  11. shoegazey

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