Meaning & use
Beatboxer
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A person who creates percussive rhythms and musical sounds using only the mouth, lips, tongue, and voice.
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The beatboxer opened the show with a rhythm that sounded like a full drum kit.
She became a competitive beatboxer after years of practicing vocal percussion at home.
A note on using this word
Beatboxing emerged from 1980s hip-hop culture, originally imitating drum-machine sounds with the human voice.
Words with a similar meaning
vocal percussionist
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