syncopation

syncopation
    n 1: (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in
         `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') [syn: {syncope},
         {syncopation}]
    2: a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
    3: music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm
    

Syncopation \Syn`co*pa"tion\, n.
   1. (Gram.) The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word
      by taking one or more letters or syllables from the
      middle; syncope.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Mus.) The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of
      rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in
      welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the
      first half of the beat which follows.
      [1913 Webster]
    

48 Moby Thesaurus words for "syncopation":
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      dance music, dances, duple time, folk rock, hard rock, hot jazz,
      jazz, jive, largo, mainstream jazz, march tempo, mixed times,
      musical suite, presto, rag, ragtime, rhythm-and-blues, rock,
      rock-and-roll, rubato, sextuple time, simple time, suite,
      suite of dances, swing, syncopated music, syncope, tempo,
      tempo rubato, the new music, three-quarter time, time,
      time pattern, timing, triple time, triplet, two-four time,
      waltz time