call-and-response

call-and-re·sponse

(kôl′ənd-rĭ-spŏns′)

adj.

Of or relating to a style of singing in which the melody sung by one singer is responded to or echoed by another or others.

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call′-and-re·sponse′, call and response n.

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call-and-response

n

a form of interaction between a speaker and one or more listeners, in which every utterance of the speaker elicits a verbal or non-verbal response from the listener or listeners

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