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An Afro-American urban youth culture based on rap music, breakdancing etc. quotations examples
"...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."
2007, James McBide, Hip-Hop Planet, National Geographic (April 2007), 106
(music) A form of popular and dance music featuring strong percussion and a powerful rhythm, usually accompanied by rapping. examples
third-person singular simple present hip-hops, present participle hip-hopping, simple past and past participle hip-hopped
To move by hopping or with a hopping motion. quotations examples
Placing the hoops in this position makes skirts hip hop with a swirl.
1939 July 14, The West Australian, Perth, page 6, column 4
I have a bunny and he goes hip hop, I often wonder if he cannot stop.
1951 April 14, The Advocate, Burnie, page 17, column 4
Like magic, the frog hip-hopped out of her thoughts and the starlings came fluttering back and Sammy was there.
1971 August 4, The Australian Women's Weekly, page 64, column 4
To perform hip-hop music. quotations examples
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.
2020, New Jack, Jason Norman, New Jack: Memoir of a Pro Wrestling Extremist, page 108