"beatboxing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: beat boxing [alternative], beat-boxing [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} beatboxing (uncountable)
  1. The practice of using one’s mouth, lips, tongue, voice, etc. as a percussive instrument to create beats, rhythms and melodies for music, mainly hip hop. Tags: uncountable Translations (Translations): beatboxing (bítboksin) [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-beatboxing-en-noun--fFoRwip Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations, Music Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Music: 66 34

Verb

Forms: beat boxing [alternative], beat-boxing [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} beatboxing
  1. present participle and gerund of beatbox Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: beatbox Related terms: mouth drums, mbube
    Sense id: en-beatboxing-en-verb-WsddeHge Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48

Alternative forms

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