Crossword clues for syncopate
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Syncopate \Syn"co*pate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Syncopated; p. pr. & vb. n. Syncopating.] [LL. syncopatus, p. p. of syncopare to syncopate, to swoon. See Syncope.]
(Gram.) To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, ``Gloster'' is a syncopated form of ``Gloucester.''
(Mus.) To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "shorten words by omitting syllables or letters in the middle," back-formation from syncopation, or else from Late Latin syncopatus, past participle of syncopare "to shorten," also "to faint away, to swoon," from Late Latin syncope (see syncope). Musical sense is from 1660s. Related: Syncopated; syncopating.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive linguistics English) to omit a sound or a letter from a word; to use syncope 2 (context transitive music English) to stress or accentuate the weak beat of a rhythm; to use syncopation
WordNet
v. omit a sound or letter in a word; "syncopate a word"
modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat
Usage examples of "syncopate".
They are like the colossal strides of approaching Fate, and this awfulness is twice raised to a higher power, first by a searching, syncopated phrase in the violins which hovers loweringly over them, and next by a succession of afrighted minor scales ascending crescendo and descending piano, the change in dynamics beginning abruptly as the crest of each terrifying wave is reached.
Foppl stood holding a sjambok or cattle whip of giraffe hide, tapping the handle against his leg in a steady, syncopated figure.
Yet, as soon as power was supplied, one of the thin limb stumps that protruded from the rock surface began to vibrate, with a syncopated buzzing.
Now through the rock beneath the groundsheet of his shelter Sabel could hear a subtly syncopated, buzzing vibration, drawing near.
Unable to help myself, forcing my heels into professional clicks, I succumbed to syncopated desire, the skip hidden in the sound of sole against tile.
That syncopated dance back to the Reference Deskelaborate, contrary motioncalled on me to make a deliberate, irrevocable sashay.
However, syncopation of chords is not unknown and, for example, occurs frequently in salsa music, which is a strongly syncopated genre of music.
For example, some genres have complex syncopated rhythms, whereas others have very simple rhythms.
All that he was aware of was the syncopated and irregular thudding of the drum machines that the Shriven had left here.
Kate watched the dancers move about in a wide circle to the syncopated beat of the music.
And the syncopated calls of black-headed geese somewhere beyond his view.
It was being played somewhat unhandily and the strains were those of hotly syncopated music taken at a funeral pace.
There were fluorescent globes on every table, and a quadro unit near the door was pounding out some thing loud and thumping and syncopated that they called music these days.
And in the center of it all, an enormous steam Wurlitzer pounded and thrummed, flywheel spinning, slide valves popping, with shafts and belts connected to an incredible Rube Goldberg concoction of rocking cranks, syncopating levers, undulating cams, whirling gear trains, and nodding tappets, all acting out its cycle of interlocked motions with a complexity and ingenuity that astonished even Hunt.
They are like the colossal strides of approaching Fate, and this awfulness is twice raised to a higher power, first by a searching, syncopated phrase in the violins which hovers loweringly over them, and next by a succession of afrighted minor scales ascending crescendo and descending piano, the change in dynamics beginning abruptly as the crest of each terrifying wave is reached.