hip-hop

hip-hop

See also: hiphop and hip hop

English

Alternative forms

• hiphop
• hip hop

Etymology

Reduplication of hop.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• alternative hip hop
• glitch hop
• hip hopera
• hip-hopper
• hip-hoppy
• hip-hopster
• ihp-hop honey
• jazz-hop
• Latin hip-hop
• trip hop

 

Translations

urban youth culture

Armenian: հիփ-հոփ (hipʿ-hopʿ) Chinese: Mandarin: 嘻哈 (zh) (xīhā) Czech: hip-hop m Danish: hip-hop c Dutch: hip-hop Esperanto: hiphopo Finnish: hip-hop French: hip-hop (fr) m, hip hop (fr) m Georgian: ჰიპ-ჰოპი (hiṗ-hoṗi), ჰიპ-ჰოპ მუსიკა (hiṗ-hoṗ musiḳa) German: Hiphop (de), Hip-Hop (de), Hip Hop (de) Jamaican Creole: ip-ap, ip ap Japanese: ヒップホップ (hippuhoppu) Korean: 힙합 (ko) (hiphap) Marathi: हिप-हॉप (hip-hŏp) Polish: hip-hop (pl) m Portuguese: hip hop (pt) Russian: хип-хо́п (ru) m (xip-xóp) Spanish: hip hop (es) Swedish: hiphop (sv) c Uyghur: خىپ-خوپ‎ (xip-xop)

type of dance

Maori: hipihope

See also

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

Verb

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.

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Dutch

Etymology

From English hip-hop.

Noun

hip-hop m (uncountable)

1. hip-hop

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• hiphop

Etymology

From English hip-hop.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hip-hop

1. hip-hop

Declension

Inflection of hip-hop (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		hip-hop	hip-hopit
genitive		hip-hopin	hip-hopien
partitive		hip-hopia	hip-hopeja
illative		hip-hopiin	hip-hopeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hip-hop	hip-hopit
accusative	nom.	hip-hop	hip-hopit
	gen.	hip-hopin
genitive		hip-hopin	hip-hopien
partitive		hip-hopia	hip-hopeja
inessive		hip-hopissa	hip-hopeissa
elative		hip-hopista	hip-hopeista
illative		hip-hopiin	hip-hopeihin
adessive		hip-hopilla	hip-hopeilla
ablative		hip-hopilta	hip-hopeilta
allative		hip-hopille	hip-hopeille
essive		hip-hopina	hip-hopeina
translative		hip-hopiksi	hip-hopeiksi
instructive		—	hip-hopein
abessive		hip-hopitta	hip-hopeitta
comitative		—	hip-hopeineen

Possessive forms of hip-hop (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	hip-hopini	hip-hopimme
2nd person	hip-hopisi	hip-hopinne
3rd person	hip-hopinsa

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

hip-hop m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of hip hop

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Polish

Alternative forms

• hip hop

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hip-hop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxip.xɔp/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ipxɔp
• Syllabification: hip‧hop

Noun

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)

Declension

Declension of hip-hop

	singular
nominative	hip-hop
genitive	hip-hopu
dative	hip-hopowi
accusative	hip-hop
instrumental	hip-hopem
locative	hip-hopie
vocative	hip-hopie

Derived terms

adjective

• hiphopowy

 

noun

• hiphopolo
• hiphopowiec

 

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Noun

hip-hop m (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of hip hop

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Romanian

Etymology

From English hip-hop.

Noun

hip-hop n (uncountable)

1. hip-hop

Declension

declension of hip-hop (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) hip-hop	hip-hopul
genitive/dative	(unui) hip-hop	hip-hopului
vocative	hip-hopule