new wave

new wave

noun, often capitalized N&W

: a movement in which a group of people introduce new styles or ideas in art, music, politics, etc.

New Wave : a style of rock music that was popular especially in the 1970s and 1980s, has a strong beat, and uses many electronic instruments (such as keyboards)

: a modern style of art, film, or fashion that tries to be very different or unusual often in a shocking way

Full Definition of NEW WAVE

1

:  a cinematic movement that is characterized by improvisation, abstraction, and subjective symbolism and that often makes use of experimental photographic techniques

2

:  a new movement in a particular field

3

:  popular music less raw than punk rock and typically including unconventional melodies, exaggerated beats, and quirky lyrics

4

:  dernier cri; especially :  fashion that is strikingly outrageous

— new–wave \ˈnü-ˈwāv, ˈnyü-, -ˌwāv\ adjective

— new wav·er \-ˈwā-vər\ noun

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Examples of NEW WAVE

1. people who listened to punk, New Wave, or disco

First Known Use of NEW WAVE

1960

Rhymes with NEW WAVE

airwave, behave, brain wave, cold wave, concave, conclave, deprave, dissave, drawshave, enclave, engrave, enslave, exclave, ground wave, heat wave, margrave, octave, outbrave, Palgrave, palsgrave, shock wave, shortwave, sine wave, sky wave, sound wave, spokeshave, S wave, wage slave, white slave, Wind Cave