Syncopate

['sɪŋkəpeɪt] or ['sɪnkəpet]

Definition

(verb.) modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat.

(verb.) omit a sound or letter in a word; 'syncopate a word'.

Checker: Phyllis--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, "Gloster" is a syncopated form of "Gloucester."

(v. t.) 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.

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Definition

v.t. to contract as a word by taking away letters from the middle: (mus.) to unite by a slur the last note of a bar to the first note of the next.—adjs. Syn′copal Syncop′ic pertaining to syncope.—ns. Syncopā′tion act of syncopating; Syn′cope the omission of letters from the middle of a word as ne'er for never: (med.) a fainting-fit an attack in which the breathing and circulation become faint: (mus.) syncopation.—v.t. Syn′copise to contract by syncope.—n. Syn′copist.—adj. Syncop′tic.

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