BREAKBEAT meaning: Rhythmic, percussive loops in music

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breakbeat: Merriam-Webster
breakbeat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
breakbeat: Collins English Dictionary
Breakbeat, breakbeat: Wordnik
breakbeat: Wiktionary
breakbeat: Dictionary.com
Breakbeat: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
breakbeat: TheFreeDictionary.com
breakbeat: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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breakbeat: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
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▸ noun: (music, countable) A form of syncopated rhythm prominent in much African music.
▸ noun: (music, uncountable) A genre of electronic dance music based on such syncopated rhythms.

Similar:

makossa, bembé, benga, bluebeat, beatscape, jungle, swingbeat, tumbao, jazz, ringbang, more...

Opposite:

straight beat, four-on-the-floor, steady rhythm

Phrases:

Breakbeat hardcore, more...

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