syncopation

syncopation is a 11-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 21 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.
2. noun. The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows.
3. noun. music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm
4. noun. a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
5. noun. (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

   Synonyms: syncope

Synonyms

syncope

Common word forms

syncopations

Words from these letters

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