hip-hop

hip-hop  (hphp) or hip hop

n.

1. A popular urban youth culture, closely associated with rap music and with the style and fashions of African-American inner-city residents.

2. Rap music.

adj.

Of or characteristic of hip-hop culture.

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[Probably hip + hop.]

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hip-hop [ˈhɪpˌhɒp]

n

(Music / Pop Music) a US pop culture movement originating in the 1980s comprising rap music, graffiti, and break dancing

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hip-hop - an urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner city youth culture - young adults (a generational unit) considered as a cultural class or subculture
	2.	hip-hop - genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged rap music, rap African-American music, black music - music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses popular music, popular music genre - any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)

Translations

hip-hop [ˈhɪphɒp] n → hip hop m
hip-hugging [ˈhɪphʌgɪŋ] adj [trousers] → taille basse, à taille basse
hip joint n → articulation f de la hanche
hip measurement n → tour m de hanches