noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈhɪp.hɒp/
General-American:/ˈhɪp.hɑp/
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CMU ARPABET:HH IH1 P HH AO2 P
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An African-American urban youth culture based on rap music, breakdancing etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
2007, James McBide, Hip-Hop Planet, National Geographic (April 2007), 106, "...not knowning as they strolled through the doors of the community center near Bambaataa's mother's apartment that they were writing musical history. Among them was an MC named Lovebug Starski, who was said to utter the phrase 'hip-hop' between breaks in time."
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A form of popular and dance music featuring strong percussion and a powerful rhythm, usually accompanied by rapping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To move by hopping or with a hopping motion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To perform hip-hop music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rap, rap music
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: black music, African-American music, popular music, popular music genre
6
noun
Meaning 6
an urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner city
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: youth culture
History
Etymology
Reduplication of hop.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
hip-hop
— urban youth culture and music genre
Amharic:
ሂፕ ሆፕ
— urban youth culture and music genre
Arabic:
هيب هوب
(hīb hūb)
— urban youth culture and music genre
Arabic:
هيپ هوپ
— urban youth culture and music genre
Armenian:
հիփ-հոփ
(hipʻ-hopʻ)
— urban youth culture and music genre
Chinese Cantonese:
嘻哈
(hei1 haa1)
— urban youth culture and music genre
Chinese Mandarin:
嘻哈
(xīhā)
— urban youth culture and music genre
Czech:
hip-hop
— urban youth culture and music genre
Danish:
hip-hop
— urban youth culture and music genre
Dutch:
hip-hop
— urban youth culture and music genre
Esperanto:
hiphopo
— urban youth culture and music genre
Finnish:
hip-hop
— urban youth culture and music genre
French:
hip-hop
— urban youth culture and music genre
French:
hip hop
— urban youth culture and music genre
Georgian:
ჰიპ-ჰოპი
(hiṗ-hoṗi)
— urban youth culture and music genre
Georgian:
ჰიპ-ჰოპ მუსიკა
(hiṗ-hoṗ musiḳa)
— urban youth culture and music genre
German:
Hiphop
— urban youth culture and music genre
German:
Hip-Hop
— urban youth culture and music genre
German:
Hip Hop
— urban youth culture and music genre
Greek:
χιπ χοπ
— urban youth culture and music genre
Jamaican Creole:
ip-ap
— urban youth culture and music genre
Jamaican Creole:
ip ap
— urban youth culture and music genre
Japanese:
ヒップホップ
(hippuhoppu)
— urban youth culture and music genre
Korean:
힙합
(hiphap)
— urban youth culture and music genre
Māori:
hipihope
— urban youth culture and music genre
Marathi:
हिप-हॉप
(hip-hŏp)
— urban youth culture and music genre
Polish:
hip-hop
— urban youth culture and music genre
Portuguese:
hip hop
— urban youth culture and music genre
Russian:
хип-хо́п
(xip-xóp)
— urban youth culture and music genre
Spanish:
hip hop
— urban youth culture and music genre
Swedish:
hiphop
— urban youth culture and music genre
Ukrainian:
хіп-хо́п
(xip-xóp)
— urban youth culture and music genre
Uyghur:
خىپ-خوپ
(xip-xop)
— urban youth culture and music genre
