"djent" meaning in English

See djent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒɛnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gent.wav
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: Onomatopoeia for a high-gain, distorted palm-muted, low pitch guitar sound; coined by guitarist Fredrik Thordendal (b. 1970) of the Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} djent (uncountable)
  1. (neologism) A style of progressive heavy metal music characterized by rhythmic and technical complexity, and typically featuring heavily distorted, palm-muted guitar chords, syncopated, downtuned riffs, and polyrhythms alongside virtuoso soloing. Tags: neologism, uncountable Categories (topical): Musical genres Translations (music genre): djent [masculine] (French), djent [masculine] (Italian), 젠트 (jenteu) (Korean), джент (džent) [masculine] (Russian), джент (džent) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-djent-en-noun-fepcGrZV Disambiguation of Musical genres: 66 34 Categories (other): English neologisms, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 82 18

Verb

IPA: /d͡ʒɛnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gent.wav Forms: djents [present, singular, third-person], djenting [participle, present], djented [participle, past], djented [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: Onomatopoeia for a high-gain, distorted palm-muted, low pitch guitar sound; coined by guitarist Fredrik Thordendal (b. 1970) of the Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah. Head templates: {{en-verb}} djent (third-person singular simple present djents, present participle djenting, simple past and past participle djented)
  1. (slang) To play a djent riff. Tags: slang Translations (To play a djent riff): дже́нтить (džéntitʹ) (Russian), дже́нтити (džéntyty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-djent-en-verb-wQAl-ZQQ
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