Hip-Hop

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hip-hop [noun]

a type of popular music in which the subject of the songs is often politics or society and the words are spoken rather than sung

US

/ˈhɪp.hɑːp/

UK

/ˈhɪp.hɒp/

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

hip hop

ˈhip hop BrE AmE, hip-hop noun [uncountable]
1. a type of popular dance music with a regular heavy beat and spoken words ⇨ rap
2. a type of popular ↑culture that began among young African-Americans in big cities, which includes hip hop music, dancing, and ↑graffiti art

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hip hop

ˈhip hop noun uncountable

1. a type of popular music with spoken words and a steady beat played on electronic instruments, originally played by young African Americans

2. the culture of the young African Americans and others who enjoy this type of music, including special styles of art, dancing, dress, etc.
Word Origin:

[hip hop] 1980s: reduplication probably based on hip ‘fashionable’.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ˈ hip-hop / ˈhɪp.hɒp / / -hɑːp / noun [ U ]

A2 a type of popular music in which the subject of the songs is often politics or society and the words are spoken rather than sung

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

hip-hop

N-UNCOUNT: oft N n
Hip-hop is a form of popular culture which started among young black people in the United States in the 1980s. It includes rap music and graffiti art.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hip-hop

hip–hop /ˈhɪpˌhɑːp/ noun [noncount] : rap music
• I listen to hip-hop and reggae.
• a hip-hop artist also; : the culture associated with rap music

American English

British English

pop - rock and soul

A2 (Elementary)

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