Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. music A type of electronic percussion device.
- v. music To use one’s mouth, lips, tongue, voice, etc. as a percussive instrument to create beats and rhythms for music, mainly hip hop.
Examples
“Watching a man make noises into a mic (aka beatbox) for an hour is possibly one of the most soul-destroying and mind-numbingly things you could ever do.”
“Learn how to "beatbox" with your guitar, play drums with an acoustic!”
“The node's design is centered on a 17-inch LCD and a keyboard equipped with docking stations for the hip-e accessories, the "beatbox" speaker system, "playme" MP3 player and "reachme" cellphone.”
“beatbox" with your guitar, play drums with an acoustic!”
“Decent idea, if it was half the length, a commercial, and didn't have a really crappy and inappropriate beatbox song.”
Michael Koerbel’s “Head On”, Short Film Commissioned by Steven Spielberg? | /Film
“Doug E, the man they call "the original human beatbox" only lives one block over, in an old Brownstone, so he'll be there a couple of nights a week.”
The Guardian: Insider's guide to music pilgrimages: Hip-hop, dance, disco, electro
“Jennifer Esposito tells TVGuide. com after grooving and clapping with the crew to Donnie Wahlberg's beatbox tune in between takes.”
On the Set: Jennifer Esposito, Blue Bloods' New Cop on the Block, Feels "at Home"
“I've lived in New York City long enough to expect the unexpected and keep cool in the presence of insanity, but an Orthodox Jew cold busting his human beatbox, dressed only in his skivvies and swilling Jack Daniels, still feels to me worthy of the term "spectacle.”
The Huffington Post: Patrick Egan: Family Feud: Teeth of the Sons
“As the man largely responsible for steering popular music of the early-80s in a new direction by using decks as a musical instrument, the Bronx pioneer brings his 30-year pedigree as top dog of the turntables to Glasgow, playing alongside homegrown hip-hop heroes DJs Capitol 1212 and Profisee, while human beatbox Bigg Taj displays vocal dexterity with rap, pop hits and underground gems.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘beatbox’.
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The Universal Calculator
Obviates the need for other devices or calculations--it will have a button for everything, and it will solve everything.
qwerty keyboard, shift key, control, home, end, pause, log, sin, space, enter, plus, numb and 241 more...
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Awesome Pronunciations
BRING IT ON!!!!!
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elizacole's Words
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What I Can't Give
Sadly, in previous incarnations, the organism has overgiven. I'm sorry. I searched in vain through my threadbare troosers and right noo I couldn't give (a) ...
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Box It Up
abox, bandbox, beatbox, boxboard, boxcar, boxful, boxlike, boxy, breadbox, cashbox, chatterbox, firebox and 30 more...
Tweets
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