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synthdance

synthdance noun: electronic dance music employing a synthesizer.

Noun

synthdance (uncountable)

  1. (rare) electronic dance music employing a synthesizer
    • The opening cut, "Got to Get Up," is a fresh, buoyant, and tasty an example of current black synthdance music as you'll hear anywhere.1983, Voice of Youth Advocates: VOYA, volume 6, page 159
    • Swing Out Sister, a synthdance trio fronted by the marvellously idiosynchratic^([sic]) Corinne Drewery ("My mother keeps hedgehogs in the kitchen — I was always stumbling over their cages," she says), released their Phonogram debut, […]1988, MusicWorld, page 12

Origin of synthdance

From synth + dance.

Questions about synthdance

What does synthdance mean?
Synthdance means electronic dance music employing a synthesizer.
What part of speech is synthdance?
Synthdance is a noun.

Words near synthdance in the dictionary

  1. synthatase
  2. synthaxin
  3. synthaxins
  4. synthbass
  5. synthcore
  6. synthdance
  7. synthed
  8. synthekine
  9. synthekines
  10. synthemid
  11. synthemids

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