hip-hop

See also: hiphop and hip hop

English

Alternative forms

• hiphop, hip hop

Etymology

Reduplication of hop.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪp.hɒp/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪp.hɑːp/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

hip-hop (uncountable)

1. An Afro-American urban youth culture based on rap music, breakdancing etc.
   • 2007, James McBide, Hip-Hop Planet, National Geographic (April 2007), 106,

     "...not knowning as they strolled through the doors of the community center near Bambaataa's mother's apartment that they were writing musical history. Among them was an MC named Lovebug Starski, who was said to utter the phrase 'hip-hop' between breaks in time."

2. (music) A form of popular and dance music featuring strong percussion and a powerful rhythm, usually accompanied by rapping.

Derived terms

• alternative hip hop
• conscious hip hop
• dip hop
• glitch hop
• hick-hop
• hip hopera
• hip-hop honey
• hip-hopper
• hip-hoppy
• hip-hopster
• hip house
• jazz-hop
• Latin hip-hop
• Latin hip-hop
• trip hop

 

Translations

urban youth culture

• Afrikaans: hip-hop
• Amharic: ሂፕ ሆፕ (hip hop)
• Arabic: هيب هوب (hīb hūb)

  Egyptian Arabic: هيپ هوپ

• Armenian: հիփ-հոփ (hipʻ-hopʻ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘻哈 (zh) (xīhā)

• Czech: hip-hop m
• Danish: hip-hop c
• Dutch: hip-hop
• Esperanto: hiphopo
• Finnish: hip-hop
• French: hip-hop (fr) m, hip hop (fr) m
• Georgian: ჰიპ-ჰოპი (hiṗ-hoṗi), ჰიპ-ჰოპ მუსიკა (hiṗ-hoṗ musiḳa)
• German: Hiphop (de), Hip-Hop (de), Hip Hop (de)
• Greek: χιπ χοπ (el) (chip chop)
• Jamaican Creole: ip-ap, ip ap
• Japanese: ヒップホップ (hippuhoppu)
• Korean: 힙합 (ko) (hiphap)
• Marathi: हिप-हॉप (hip-hŏp)
• Polish: hip-hop (pl) m
• Portuguese: hip hop (pt)
• Russian: хип-хо́п (ru) m (xip-xóp)
• Spanish: hip hop (es)
• Swedish: hiphop (sv) c
• Uyghur: خىپ-خوپ (xip-xop)

type of dance

• Maori: hipihope

See also

• Appendix:Hip hop slang
• breakdance
• emcee
• graffiti
• rap
• scratch

Verb

hip-hop (third-person singular simple present hip-hops, present participle hip-hopping, simple past and past participle hip-hopped)

1. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To move by hopping or with a hopping motion.
   • 1939 July 14, The West Australian, Perth, page 6, column 4:

     Placing the hoops in this position makes skirts hip hop with a swirl.

   • 1951 April 14, The Advocate, Burnie, page 17, column 4:

     I have a bunny and he goes hip hop, I often wonder if he cannot stop.

   • 1971 August 4, The Australian Women's Weekly, page 64, column 4:

     Like magic, the frog hip-hopped out of her thoughts and the starlings came fluttering back and Sammy was there.

2. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To perform hip-hop music.
   • 2020, New Jack, Jason Norman, New Jack: Memoir of a Pro Wrestling Extremist, page 108:

     I'm not entirely sure who in WCW felt like a bunch of hip-hopping rappers would get cheered in a company based mainly in the south (especially with a country band stable on the other side), but everything's a good idea in theory.

Dutch

Etymology

From English hip-hop.

Noun

hip-hop m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of hiphop

Finnish

Alternative forms

• hiphop

Etymology

From English hip-hop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhipˌhop/, [ˈhipˌho̞p]
• Rhymes: -op
• Syllabification^(key): hip‧hop

Noun

hip-hop

1. hip-hop

Declension

Inflection of hip-hop (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		hip-hop	hip-hopit
genitive		hip-hopin	hip-hopien
partitive		hip-hopia	hip-hopeja
illative		hip-hopiin	hip-hopeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hip-hop	hip-hopit
accusative	nom.	hip-hop	hip-hopit
	gen.	hip-hopin
genitive		hip-hopin	hip-hopien
partitive		hip-hopia	hip-hopeja
inessive		hip-hopissa	hip-hopeissa
elative		hip-hopista	hip-hopeista
illative		hip-hopiin	hip-hopeihin
adessive		hip-hopilla	hip-hopeilla
ablative		hip-hopilta	hip-hopeilta
allative		hip-hopille	hip-hopeille
essive		hip-hopina	hip-hopeina
translative		hip-hopiksi	hip-hopeiksi
abessive		hip-hopitta	hip-hopeitta
instructive		—	hip-hopein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of hip-hop (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hip-hopini hip-hopini accusative nom. hip-hopini hip-hopini gen. hip-hopini genitive hip-hopini hip-hopieni partitive hip-hopiani hip-hopejani inessive hip-hopissani hip-hopeissani elative hip-hopistani hip-hopeistani illative hip-hopiini hip-hopeihini adessive hip-hopillani hip-hopeillani ablative hip-hopiltani hip-hopeiltani allative hip-hopilleni hip-hopeilleni essive hip-hopinani hip-hopeinani translative hip-hopikseni hip-hopeikseni abessive hip-hopittani hip-hopeittani instructive — — comitative — hip-hopeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hip-hopisi hip-hopisi accusative nom. hip-hopisi hip-hopisi gen. hip-hopisi genitive hip-hopisi hip-hopiesi partitive hip-hopiasi hip-hopejasi inessive hip-hopissasi hip-hopeissasi elative hip-hopistasi hip-hopeistasi illative hip-hopiisi hip-hopeihisi adessive hip-hopillasi hip-hopeillasi ablative hip-hopiltasi hip-hopeiltasi allative hip-hopillesi hip-hopeillesi essive hip-hopinasi hip-hopeinasi translative hip-hopiksesi hip-hopeiksesi abessive hip-hopittasi hip-hopeittasi instructive — — comitative — hip-hopeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hip-hopimme hip-hopimme accusative nom. hip-hopimme hip-hopimme gen. hip-hopimme genitive hip-hopimme hip-hopiemme partitive hip-hopiamme hip-hopejamme inessive hip-hopissamme hip-hopeissamme elative hip-hopistamme hip-hopeistamme illative hip-hopiimme hip-hopeihimme adessive hip-hopillamme hip-hopeillamme ablative hip-hopiltamme hip-hopeiltamme allative hip-hopillemme hip-hopeillemme essive hip-hopinamme hip-hopeinamme translative hip-hopiksemme hip-hopeiksemme abessive hip-hopittamme hip-hopeittamme instructive — — comitative — hip-hopeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hip-hopinne hip-hopinne accusative nom. hip-hopinne hip-hopinne gen. hip-hopinne genitive hip-hopinne hip-hopienne partitive hip-hopianne hip-hopejanne inessive hip-hopissanne hip-hopeissanne elative hip-hopistanne hip-hopeistanne illative hip-hopiinne hip-hopeihinne adessive hip-hopillanne hip-hopeillanne ablative hip-hopiltanne hip-hopeiltanne allative hip-hopillenne hip-hopeillenne essive hip-hopinanne hip-hopeinanne translative hip-hopiksenne hip-hopeiksenne abessive hip-hopittanne hip-hopeittanne instructive — — comitative — hip-hopeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative hip-hopinsa hip-hopinsa accusative nom. hip-hopinsa hip-hopinsa gen. hip-hopinsa genitive hip-hopinsa hip-hopiensa partitive hip-hopiaan hip-hopiansa hip-hopejaan hip-hopejansa inessive hip-hopissaan hip-hopissansa hip-hopeissaan hip-hopeissansa elative hip-hopistaan hip-hopistansa hip-hopeistaan hip-hopeistansa illative hip-hopiinsa hip-hopeihinsa adessive hip-hopillaan hip-hopillansa hip-hopeillaan hip-hopeillansa ablative hip-hopiltaan hip-hopiltansa hip-hopeiltaan hip-hopeiltansa allative hip-hopilleen hip-hopillensa hip-hopeilleen hip-hopeillensa essive hip-hopinaan hip-hopinansa hip-hopeinaan hip-hopeinansa translative hip-hopikseen hip-hopiksensa hip-hopeikseen hip-hopeiksensa abessive hip-hopittaan hip-hopittansa hip-hopeittaan hip-hopeittansa instructive — — comitative — hip-hopeineen hip-hopeinensa

French

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

hip-hop m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of hip hop

Polish

Alternative forms

• hip hop

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hip-hop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxip.xɔp/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ipxɔp
• Syllabification: hip‧hop

Noun

hip-hop m inan

1. hip-hop (Afro-American urban youth culture based on rap music, breakdancing etc.)
2. (music) hip-hop (form of popular and dance music featuring strong percussion and a powerful rhythm, usually accompanied by rapping)
3. (dance) hip-hop dance (range of street dance styles primarily performed to hip hop music or that have evolved as part of hip hop culture)

Declension

Declension of hip-hop

	singular
nominative	hip-hop
genitive	hip-hopu
dative	hip-hopowi
accusative	hip-hop
instrumental	hip-hopem
locative	hip-hopie
vocative	hip-hopie

Derived terms

adjective

• hiphopowy

 

noun

• hiphopolo
• hiphopowiec

 

Further reading

• hip-hop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• hip-hop in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁi.piˈʁɔ.pi/ [hi.piˈhɔ.pi], /ʁipˈʁɔp/ [hipˈhɔp]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁi.piˈʁɔ.pi/ [hi.piˈhɔ.pi], /ʁipˈʁɔp/ [hipˈhɔp]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁi.piˈʁɔ.pi/ [χi.piˈχɔ.pi], /ʁipˈʁɔp/ [χipˈχɔp]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁipˈʁɔp/ [hipˈhɔp], /ʁi.piˈʁɔ.pi/ [hi.piˈhɔ.pi]

• Hyphenation: hip‧hop

Noun

hip-hop m (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of hip hop

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English hip-hop.

Noun

hip-hop n (uncountable)

1. hip-hop

Declension

declension of hip-hop (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) hip-hop	hip-hopul
genitive/dative	(unui) hip-hop	hip-hopului
vocative	hip-hopule