beatboxing

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noun

beat·box·ing ˈbēt-ˌbäk-siŋ

: a musical style and technique based on the vocal imitation of percussion sounds

They were both rhyming, and I was more into break-dancing and beatboxing.—

Busta Rhymes

Vox Audio is an … unaccompanied performance ensemble that uses tonal color, imitation of instrumental sounds, harmonic textures and beatboxing.—

Ed Balint

beatboxing

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present participle of beatbox entry 2

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Fingers crossed for more beatboxing, horses and of course, roses. —

Shafaq Patel, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024 Carter made use of the club’s subwoofers with his flashlight, putting his humorously sharp beatboxing party starter skills on display to test the limits of the Kookaburra’s sound system. —

Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024 Mum’s Spaghetti Poppy aspires to become the world’s next great rapper alongside her beatboxing dog, Snoop. —

Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2023 Other clips show beatboxing being turned into a drum loop, singing becoming an orchestral score, or chords from a MIDI keyboard creating a vocal choir. —

Jon Porter, The Verge, 16 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for beatboxing