hip-hop

• hiphop
• hip hop

Reduplication of hop.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪp.hɒp/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪp.hɑːp/

hip-hop (uncountable)

1. An Afro-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. (music) A form of popular and dance music featuring strong percussion and a powerful rhythm, usually accompanied by rapping.

• Appendix:Hip hop slang
• breakdance
• emcee
• graffiti
• rap
• scratch

hip-hop (third-person singular simple present hip-hops, present participle hip-hopping, simple past and past participle hip-hopped)

1. To move by hopping or with a hopping motion.
   • 1939 July 14, The West Australian, page 6, column 4:

     Placing the hoops in this position makes skirts hip hop with a swirl.

   • 1951 April 14, The Advocate, page 17, column 4:

     I have a bunny and he goes hip hop, I often wonder if he cannot stop.

   • 1971 August 4, The Australian Women's Weekly, page 64, column 4:

     Like magic, the frog hip-hopped out of her thoughts and the starlings came fluttering back and Sammy was there.

2. To perform hip-hop music.
   • 2020, New Jack, ‎Jason Norman, New Jack: Memoir of a Pro Wrestling Extremist (page 108)

     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.

From English hip-hop.

hip-hop m (uncountable)

1. hip-hop

• hiphop

From English hip-hop.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhipˌhop/, [ˈhipˌho̞p]
• Rhymes: -op
• Syllabification^(key): hip‧hop

hip-hop

1. hip-hop

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hip-hop m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of hip hop

• hip hop

Unadapted borrowing from English hip-hop.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxip.xɔp/

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• Rhymes: -ipxɔp
• Syllabification: hip‧hop

hip-hop m inan

1. hip-hop (Afro-American urban youth culture based on rap music, breakdancing etc)
2. (music) hip-hop (form of popular and dance music featuring strong percussion and a powerful rhythm, usually accompanied by rapping)
3. (dance) hip-hop dance (range of street dance styles primarily performed to hip hop music or that have evolved as part of hip hop culture)

• hip-hop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• hip-hop in Polish dictionaries at PWN

hip-hop m (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of hip hop

From English hip-hop.

hip-hop n (uncountable)

1. hip-hop