beatbox
verbEtymology From beat + box.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music To use one’s mouth, lips, tongue, voice, etc. as a percussive instrument to create beats and rhythms for music.
- Hell, why do so many of us still breakdance? Why do so many of us still beatbox? The two most successful rappers to come out of Chicago, Common Sense and The Brat, had nothing to do with the city-wide hip-hop scene.2001, William Upski Wimsatt, Bomb the Suburbs, Soft Skull Press, →ISBN, page 69:
- Before you knew it, everyone, everywhere, was trying to copy Fresh's technique, and every rapper on the planet seemed intent on proving they could beatbox (with varying, occasionally embarrassing degrees of success).2004, Neil Kulkarni, Hip Hop: Bring the Noise: The Stories Behind the Biggest Songs, Thunder's Mouth Press, →ISBN, page 43:
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- Turull, group elder, and Wright, the youngest, play off each other extraordinarily well, be it on cajon or when the latter jumps up to beatbox against Marina’s lyrical sidesteps.2005, Derek Beres, Global Beat Fusion: The History of the Future of Music, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 102:
- Derived terms
- beatboxer