ska
a modern style of vocalized Jamaican popular music, which emerged in the 1950s as a blend of African-Jamaican folk music, calypso, and American rhythm and blues, notable for its shuffling, scratchlike tempo and jazzlike horn riffs on the offbeat.
Origin of ska
1- Compare reggae, rock steady.
Words Nearby ska
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How to use ska in a sentence
Quite apart from their role as precursors for the ska, both telescopes have been hugely successful in their own right, making major discoveries in their first years of operation.
‘Odd Radio Circles’ That Baffled Astronomers Are Likely Explosions From Distant Galaxies | Ray Norris | April 1, 2022 | Singularity HubI E ska tarry, Gk kta possess; Dak kta defer, tarry, used also as sign of future tense.
The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages | Andrew Woods WilliamsonWhat I want is to drive every pony across the Wakon and up the ska valley, where we'll find support.
Under Fire | Charles KingWakea ska (White Lodge) said he would go, and the rest of us followed.
The Spirit Lake Massacre | Thomas TeakleHo som so gjilt kan po Langoleik spelo,Svanaug den vena, ska no væra mi!
Strife and Peace | Fredrika Bremer
ska man' dros, or Scamander—a river of the Troad or plains of Troy.
Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca | Homer
British Dictionary definitions for ska
/ (skɑː) /
a type of West Indian pop music of the 1960s, accented on the second and fourth beats of a four-beat bar
Origin of ska
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