syncopation

English Thesaurus

1. music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	music,
definition	:	an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner (noun.communication)

domain category	:	music,
definition	:	an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner (noun.communication)

2. a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	beat, musical rhythm, rhythm,
definition	:	the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music (noun.communication)

3. (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	articulation,
definition	:	the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech (noun.communication)

domain category	:	phonemics, phonology,
definition	:	the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes (noun.cognition)

4. music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm (noun.communication)

derivation	:	syncopate, syncopate,
definition	:	modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat (verb.change)

5. (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') (noun.communication)

derivation	:	syncopate,
definition	:	omit a sound or letter in a word (verb.change)

6. music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm (noun.communication)

derivation	:	syncopate, syncopate,
definition	:	modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat (verb.change)

7. (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') (noun.communication)

derivation	:	syncopate,
definition	:	omit a sound or letter in a word (verb.change)