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zoukify

zoukify verb: to make into zouk music, or to adapt to a zouk-like sound.

Verb

zoukify (third-person singular simple present zoukifies, present participle zoukifying, simple past and past participle zoukified)

  1. To make into zouk music, or to adapt to a zouk-like sound.
    • Several artists have experimented with zoukifying the gwo ka group, but the undisputed king of the zouked-out gwo ka is Sartana.1987, The Reggae & African Beat, volumes 6-7, page 21
    • The band delivers fresh approaches to standard zouk rhythms (even a zoukified treatment of a kadrille in "Zouk Kadrye") that never sound formulaic.1995, The Beat, volume 14, page 34

Forms of zoukify

third-person singular presentzoukifies
present participlezoukifying
past participlezoukified
pastzoukified

Origin of zoukify

From zouk + -ify.

Questions about zoukify

What does zoukify mean?
Zoukify means to make into zouk music, or to adapt to a zouk-like sound.
What part of speech is zoukify?
Zoukify is a verb.
What is the past tense of zoukify?
The past tense of zoukify is zoukified.

Words near zoukify in the dictionary

  1. zouk love
  2. zouk-like
  3. zouked
  4. zoukified
  5. zoukifies
  6. zoukify
  7. zoukifying
  8. zouking
  9. zouks
  10. Zouna
  11. zounds

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