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Syncopate   /sˈɪŋkəpˌeɪt/   Listen
Syncopate

verb
(past & past part. syncopated; pres. part. syncopating)
1.
Omit a sound or letter in a word.
2.
Modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat.





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"Syncopate" Quotes from Famous Books



... twelve boys who could sing a hundred songs at sight from unfamiliar notes; who kept the beat and marked the time as if their throats were pendulums; could syncopate and floriate as readily as breathe. And this was only a common ...
— Master Skylark • John Bennett


Words linked to "Syncopate" :   shorten, music, syncopator, modify, syncope, syncopation


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