"shoegazing" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃuːɡeɪzɪŋ/ [UK]
Etymology: From shoe + gazing, because of the tendency of such performers to look down rather than at the crowd and the heavy use of effect pedals. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shoe|gazing}} shoe + gazing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} shoegazing (uncountable)
  1. (British, music) A subgenre of alternative rock music popularised in early 1990s, characterised by a dreamlike sound making much use of effect pedals, and by a detached or introverted performance style. Tags: British, uncountable Categories (topical): Musical genres Synonyms: shoegaze Translations (indie music genre): 瞪鞋搖滾 (Chinese Mandarin), 瞪鞋摇滚 (dèngxié yáogǔn) (Chinese Mandarin), 低頭搖滾 (Chinese Mandarin), 低头摇滚 (dītóu yáogǔn) (Chinese Mandarin), 自賞搖滾 (Chinese Mandarin), 自赏摇滚 (zìshǎng yáogǔn) (Chinese Mandarin), ŝugejzo (Esperanto), shoegazing (Finnish), შუგეიზინგი (šugeizingi) (Georgian), shoegaze [masculine] (Polish), shoegazing (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-shoegazing-en-noun-aG3Ui2x3 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Verb

IPA: /ˈʃuːɡeɪzɪŋ/ [UK]
Etymology: From shoe + gazing, because of the tendency of such performers to look down rather than at the crowd and the heavy use of effect pedals. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shoe|gazing}} shoe + gazing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} shoegazing
  1. present participle and gerund of shoegaze Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: shoegaze
    Sense id: en-shoegazing-en-verb-qAJEpUyR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47

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