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/sˈɪŋkəpˌeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Syncopation n.

(Gram.) The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.

(Mus.) 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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Syncopation" Quotes from Famous Books

... not all the Arts escape, nor do any of them escape all the time. Music, whose sly and terrible vices were for centuries unperceived by the high priests, has been brought to earth in places. "Jazz Incites to Sin. Syncopation is Devil's Ally." Discovered! One reads the morning paper and feels a return of hope. The High Priests are aroused. They have disembowelled an ally. There is hope then of a bloody fray. Another Edition and they will be on our own heads, swinging their snickersnees. Mencken ...

— Nonsenseorship • G. G. Putnam