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Syncopation   /sˈɪŋkəpˌeɪʃən/   Listen
Syncopation

noun
1.
(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in 'fo'c'sle' for 'forecastle').  Synonym: syncope.
2.
A musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat.
3.
Music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm.





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"Syncopation" Quotes from Famous Books



... not a provincial who imagined that it was the smart thing to attend this dull orgy and struggle on a polished floor packed as in a sardine tin. Years ago he had outgrown cabaret mania and recovered from the fascination of syncopation. And yet here he was, once more, against all his fastidiousness, playing the out-of-town lad to a girl who took everything and gave nothing in return. It was absurd, fantastic. He was Gilbert Palgrave, the man who picked and chose, for whose attentions ...
— Who Cares? • Cosmo Hamilton


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