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sextette |
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six people considered as a unit |
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sextette |
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a set of six similar things considered as a unit |
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sextette |
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six performers or singers who perform together |
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septet |
Noun
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a musical composition written for seven performers |
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septet |
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seven people considered as a unit |
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septet |
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a set of seven similar things considered as a unit |
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septet |
Noun
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seven performers or singers who perform together |
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septet |
Noun
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the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one |
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stanza |
Noun
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a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem |
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septette |
Noun
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a musical composition written for seven performers |
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septette |
Noun
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seven people considered as a unit |
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septette |
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a set of seven similar things considered as a unit |
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septette |
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seven performers or singers who perform together |
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signature tune |
Noun
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a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program |
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scolion |
Noun
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a song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet |
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secondo |
Noun
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the second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet) |
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serenade |
Noun
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a musical composition in several movements |
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serenade |
Noun
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a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman |
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serenade |
Verb
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sing and play for somebody |
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swing music |
Noun
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a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s |
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shivaree |
Noun
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a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple |
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skiffle |
Noun
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a style of popular music in the 1950s |
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serialism |
Noun
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20th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition |
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serial music |
Noun
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20th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition |
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syncopation |
Noun
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music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm |
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syncopation |
Noun
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a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat |
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syncopation |
Noun
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(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') |
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sonata |
Noun
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a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms |
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sonatina |
Noun
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a short and simple sonata |
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symphony |
Noun
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a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra |
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symphony |
Noun
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a large orchestra |
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screeching |
Noun
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sharp piercing cry |
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screeching |
Noun
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a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry |
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suction stop |
Noun
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a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu) |
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scansion |
Noun
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analysis of verse into metrical patterns |
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sibilant consonant |
Noun
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a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh) |
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sprung rhythm |
Noun
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a poetic rhythm that imitates the rhythm of speech |
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synesthetic metaphor |
Noun
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a metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities |
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simile |
Noun
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a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds, usually formed with 'like' or 'as' |
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synecdoche |
Noun
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substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa |
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syllepsis |
Noun
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use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one |
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spondee |
Noun
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a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables |
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speech communication |
Noun
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(language) communication by word of mouth |
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spoken communication |
Noun
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(language) communication by word of mouth |
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spoken language |
Noun
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(language) communication by word of mouth |
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shout |
Noun
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a loud utterance |
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shout |
Verb
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use foul or abusive language towards |
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shout |
Verb
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utter aloud |
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shout |
Verb
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utter in a loud voice |
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shout |
Verb
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utter a sudden loud cry |