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beatbox

or beat-box

[ beet-boks ]

noun

  1. Slang. boom box.


verb (used without object)

  1. to simulate the sounds and rhythms of percussion instruments or a drum machine by using the mouth and voice:

    Have you ever heard someone beatbox like that?

beatbox

/ ˈːˌɒ /

noun

  1. informal.
    a drum machine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 𲹳bdze noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of beatbox1

An Americanism dating back to 1975–80; beat + box 1
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Carter made use of the club’s subwoofers with his flashlight, putting his humorously sharp beatboxing party starter skills on display to test the limits of the Kookaburra’s sound system.

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He left behind an incredible legacy, celebrated for his beatboxing prowess, turntable mastery and the 1989 classic “Just a Friend.”

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The internet also found archival footage of him performing in the early '00s, and the singer is adorned with a bandana and saggy pants while he beatboxes his name in a blaccent.

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The wisps of rap and folk songs early on, backed by sparse arrangements of acoustic guitar, vocalizations and beatboxing, are more texture than fully realized numbers.

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The show combines music, poetry, break dancing and beatboxing as it follows two teens navigating adolescence in the confines of a hospital room.

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