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beat·box
ˈbēt-ˌbäks
plural beatboxes
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: a person who vocally imitates percussion sounds : beatboxer
also
: the performance of such a vocal imitation
"… My friends there were performing on the downtown scene. One had a piece of spoken word and I said, 'I'll do this beatbox and dance next to it.' …" —
Jonny Woo, quoted at Independent.co.uk
—often used before another noun beatbox vocals The event also will include entertainment by campus dancers, a cappella singers and a vocal beatbox performer. —
University of Chicago Equally impressive was runner-up George Avakian who, during his beatbox performance, instructed viewers to "watch five sounds come out of one human's mouth"—simultaneously, mind you … —
Lara de Matos This five-person professional a cappella singing group … transforms familiar pop, funk, Motown, standards, and Broadway songs with all-new vocal (and beatbox) arrangements. —
Kay Johnson
beatboxed; beatboxing; beatboxes
: to vocally imitate percussion sounds : to perform beatboxing
On top of that impressive instrumental work, he beatboxed! … How one can physically make those sounds, we might never know.—
Annabel Iwegbue
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