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drum and bass

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A style of electronic dance music focusing heavily on loud bass and fast-tempo drumbeats.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: D&B, D+B, DnB, D'n'B

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: درم آند بيس — genre of electronic music
  • Catalan: drum and bass — genre of electronic music
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鼓打貝斯 /鼓打贝斯 (gǔdǎ bèisī) — genre of electronic music
  • Dutch: drum and bass — genre of electronic music
  • Esperanto: drumenbaso — genre of electronic music
  • Finnish: drum’n’bass — genre of electronic music
  • Finnish: dnb — genre of electronic music
  • French: drum and bass — genre of electronic music
  • French: drum'n'bass — genre of electronic music
  • German: Drum and Bass — genre of electronic music
  • Greek: drum and bass — genre of electronic music
  • Greek: ντραμ εντ μπέις (ntram ent béis) — genre of electronic music
  • Hungarian: drum and bass — genre of electronic music
  • Occitan: drum and bass — genre of electronic music
  • Polish: drum and bass — genre of electronic music
  • Russian: драм-энд-бейс (dram-end-bejs) — genre of electronic music
  • Russian: драм-н-бейс (dram-n-bejs) — genre of electronic music
  • Spanish: drum and bass — genre of electronic music