hip-hop

1. 1.

   an urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner city

   Broaderyouth culture
2. 2.

   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

   Synonymsraprap music

   Broaderpopular musicblack music

Questions about hip-hop

What does hip-hop mean?

hip-hop means "an urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner city". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hip-hop?

hip-hop has 2 syllables: hip--hop. The stress falls on "hip-". In IPA it is /ˈhɪpˌhɔp/.

What is another word for hip-hop?

Close synonyms include rap, rap music. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hip-hop a common word?

hip-hop is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.