Sekirov Dictionary

beatbox

/ˈbiːt.bɑks/

noun 1
verb 1
forms 3

noun1

•
A type of electronic percussion device.
- Self-styled 'black gentleman vampire' who followed his cousin in to hip-hop by rapping in front of a beatbox for his first shows on Long Island, New York. — 1992

verb1

•
To use one’s mouth, lips, tongue, voice, etc. as a percussive instrument to create beats and rhythms for music.
- Turull, group elder, and Wright, the youngest, play off each other extraordinarily well, be it on cajon or when the latter jumps up to beatbox against Marina’s lyrical sidesteps. — 2005

forms

beatboxed · beatboxing · beatboxes

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