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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Syncopating (0.00868 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Syncopating.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: syncopate
syncopate
v 1: omit a sound or letter in a word;
“syncopate a word”
2: modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Syncopating
Syncopate
\Syn"co*pate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Syncopated; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Syncopating.] [LL. syncopatus, p. p. of
syncopare to syncopate, to swoon. See
Syncope.]
1. (Gram.) To contract, as a word, by taking one or more
letters or syllables from the middle; as,
“Gloster” is a
syncopated form of
“Gloucester.”
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mus.) To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a
measure, and continue it into the following accented part,
so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and
the rhythm drags.
[1913 Webster]
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