syncopate
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
syncopate /ˈsɪŋkəpeɪt/
▶verb
- 1 (usu. as adj. syncopated) displace the beats or accents in (music or a rhythm) so that strong beats become weak and vice versa.
- 2 Grammar shorten by syncope.
– derivatives
syncopation noun,
syncopator noun.
syncopation noun,
syncopator noun.
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