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What does syncopate mean?

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Verb
  1. (linguistics) to omit a sound or a letter from a word; to use syncope
  2. (music) to stress or accentuate the weak beat of a rhythm; to use syncopation
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While the accidents and incidents of individual wars might veil or syncopate this tendency, this in nowise made it any less real.
Ton-up for Kirby Adam Kirby completed his second successive century with a maiden win on Pam Sly's Syncopate and a handicap success on John Butler's Stand Guard.
Now and then, they'd both clap their hands together and syncopate the beat.
Musicality enables dancers to groove to a beat, follow a delicate melody, or syncopate their movement with nuanced accents.
It doesn't matter if you're talking about the rudimentary digital sound of New Orleans bounce or the crusty samples of New York hip-hop: this music wants to swing and syncopate.

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