Dictionary

hip-hop en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɪp.hɒp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈhɪp.hɑp/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Reduplication of hop.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) An African-American urban youth culture based on rap music, breakdancing etc.
   • 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."
2. (uncountable) A form of popular and dance music featuring strong percussion and a powerful rhythm, usually accompanied by rapping.
   • 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. 2015 August 9, Jon Caramanica, “Pimp C in a Journalist’s Back Pages”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2021:

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Deriveds

trip hop · hip hop soul · dip hop · hip-hopper · hip-hoppy · hiplife · conscious hip hop · hick-hop · hippity-hoppity · hippity-hop · chap-hop · hip hopera · jazz-hop · alternative hip hop · swop · hip-hop honey · hip house · Nephop · glitch hop · hip-hopster · Latin hip-hop

Relateds

graffiti · scratch · breakdance · rap · emcee

Translations (33)

de Hip-Hop (urban youth culture and music genre) · eo hiphopo (urban youth culture and music genre) · ja ヒップホップ (urban youth culture and music genre) · jam ip-ap (urban youth culture and music genre) · pl hip-hop (urban youth culture and music genre) · ko 힙합 (urban youth culture and music genre) · ka ჰიპ-ჰოპი (urban youth culture and music genre) · ug خىپ-خوپ (urban youth culture and music genre) · jam ip ap (urban youth culture and music genre) · sv hiphop (urban youth culture and music genre) · uk хіп-хо́п (urban youth culture and music genre) · mr हिप-हॉप (urban youth culture and music genre) · da hip-hop (urban youth culture and music genre) · es hip hop (urban youth culture and music genre) · mi hipihope (urban youth culture and music genre) · hy հիփ-հոփ (urban youth culture and music genre) · pt hip hop (urban youth culture and music genre) · arz هيپ هوپ (urban youth culture and music genre) · af hip-hop (urban youth culture and music genre) · de Hip Hop (urban youth culture and music genre) · ka ჰიპ-ჰოპ მუსიკა (urban youth culture and music genre) · el χιπ χοπ (urban youth culture and music genre) · fr hip hop (urban youth culture and music genre) · ar هيب هوب (urban youth culture and music genre) · cmn 嘻哈 (urban youth culture and music genre) · am ሂፕ ሆፕ (urban youth culture and music genre) · nl hip-hop (urban youth culture and music genre) · de Hiphop (urban youth culture and music genre) · cs hip-hop (urban youth culture and music genre) · fr hip-hop (urban youth culture and music genre) · ru хип-хо́п (urban youth culture and music genre) · yue 嘻哈 (urban youth culture and music genre) · fi hip-hop (urban youth culture and music genre)

hip-hop en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɪp.hɒp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈhɪp.hɑp/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Reduplication of hop.

Meanings

1. (informal, intransitive, transitive) To move by hopping or with a hopping motion.
   • Placing the hoops in this position makes skirts hip hop with a swirl. 1939 July 14, The West Australian, Perth, page 6, column 4:
   • Like magic, the frog hip-hopped out of her thoughts and the starlings came fluttering back and Sammy was there. 1971 August 4, The Australian Women's Weekly, page 64, column 4:
   • I have a bunny and he goes hip hop, I often wonder if he cannot stop. 1951 April 14, The Advocate, Burnie, page 17, column 4:
2. (informal, intransitive, transitive) To perform hip-hop music.
   • I'm not entirely sure who in WCW felt like a bunch of hip-hopping rappers would get cheered in a company based mainly in the south (especially with a country band stable on the other side), but everything's a good idea in theory. 2020, New Jack, Jason Norman, New Jack: Memoir of a Pro Wrestling Extremist, page 108:

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