hip-hop

noun

1. 1

   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. 2

   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.

verb

1. 1

   informalTo move by hopping or with a hopping motion.

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

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

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

2. 2

   informalTo 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.

Forms

past tense

hip-hopped

past participle

hip-hopped

present participle

hip-hopping

third person singular

hip-hops