A steady vigorous rhythm or movement characterizing a verse or musical composition.

A poetic metre approximating to the rhythm of speech, in which each foot consists of one stressed syllable either alone or followed by a varying…

A musical rhythm characterized by a syncopated melodic line and regularly accented accompaniment, evolved amongst African-American musicians in the…

A piece of music in a slow blues rhythm; (also) this rhythm.

An Afro-Cuban dance; a ballroom dance imitative of this, danced on the spot with a pronounced movement of the hips. Also: dancing in this style.

The succession of different metrical patterns in 16th-cent. vocal music.

the simultaneous use of more than one rhythm.

A type of rhythm used in jazz music (see quot. 1952).

A subordinate rhythm acting as a counterbalance to the main rhythm.

Jazz slang. An easily flowing or swinging rhythm; a regular rhythm, esp. one played on a ride cymbal. Also: an improvised passage in such a rhythm.

a beat in 4/4 time suggestive of the rhythm of walking, in jazz esp. as created by the walking bass (see walking bass n.).

A style of jazz regarded as old-fashioned or unsophisticated, esp. as characteristic of the 1920s; ragtime. Also: a stiff monotonous rhythm…

Originally U.S. Musical rhythm characterized by a strong beat.

a slow strongly syncopated rhythm (see quot. 1940).

The rhythmic structure of isorhythmic music.

= shuffle rhythm n.

An African dance rhythm originating in Cameroon; music using this rhythm.