Thesaurus: syncopation

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1. n. The act of word/syncopating">syncopating; the word/contraction">contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.
2. n. The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows.
3. n. (word/phonology">phonology) the word/loss">loss of sounds from within a word (as in ‘fo'c'sle’ for ‘forecastle’)
4. n. a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
5. n. music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm
6. 1. (word/gram">Gram.) The act of word/syncopating">syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope. 2. (Mus.) The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows.
7. The act of word/syncopating">syncopating; the word/contraction">contraction of a word by taking oneor more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.
8. n:100 n. a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat n. music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm