Usually means: Emphasizing off-beats in rhythm.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word syncopating:

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  1. syncopating: Merriam-Webster
  2. syncopating: Collins English Dictionary
  3. syncopating: Vocabulary.com
  4. syncopating: Wiktionary
  5. syncopating: Dictionary.com
  6. Syncopating: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Syncopating: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Syncopating: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. syncopating: FreeDictionary.org
  10. syncopating: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See syncopate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (syncopate)

verb:  (transitive, linguistics, phonology) to omit a vocalic or consonantal sound or a syllable from a word; to use syncope
verb:  (transitive, music) to stress or accentuate the weak beat of a rhythm; to use syncopation
▸ Also see syncopate





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