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Hip-Hop

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈhɪp.hɒp

Definitions

  1. An African-American urban youth culture based on rap music, breakdancing etc.
  2. A form of popular and dance music featuring strong percussion and a powerful rhythm, usually accompanied by rapping.

Equivalents

13 more languages
Ελληνικάχιπ χοπ
Esperantohiphopo
Հայերենհիփ-հոփ
한국어힙합
Nederlandship-hop
Portuguêship hophip-hop
Русскийхип-хоп
Українськахіп-хоп

Examples

“2007, James McBide, Hip-Hop Planet, National Geographic (April 2007), 106, "...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."”
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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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