• (RP) IPA: /ˈhɪp.hɒp/
• (America) IPA: /ˈhɪp.hɑːp/

hip-hop (uncountable)

1. An Afro-American urban youth culture based on rap music, breakdancing etc.
   • 2007, James McBide, Hip-Hop Planet, National Geographic (April 2007), 106,

     "...not knowning as they strolled through the doors of the community center near Bambaataa's mother's apartment that they were writing musical history. Among them was an MC named Lovebug Starski, who was said to utter the phrase 'hip-hop' between breaks in time."

2. (music) A form of popular and dance music featuring strong percussion and a powerful rhythm, usually accompanied by rapping.

• French: hip-hop, hip hop
• German: Hiphop, Hip-Hop, Hip Hop
• Portuguese: hip hop
• Russian: хип-хо́п
• Spanish: hip hop

hip-hop (hip-hops, present participle hip-hopping; simple past hip-hopped, past participle hip-hopped)

1. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To move by hopping or with a hopping motion.
2. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To perform hip-hop music.
   • 2020, New Jack, Jason Norman, New Jack: Memoir of a Pro Wrestling Extremist, page 108:

     I'm not entirely sure who in WCW felt like a bunch of hip-hopping rappers would get cheered in a company based mainly in the south (especially with a country band stable on the other side), but everything's a good idea in theory.