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scat collapse: singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument; flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

citizenry collapse: the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people"

established collapse: introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation; brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established; "the established social order"; "distrust the constituted authority"; "a team established as a member of a major league"; "enjoyed his prestige as an established writer"; "an established precedent"; "the established Church"; shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; "the established facts in the case"; securely established; "an established reputation"; "holds a firm position as the country's leading poet"

calypso collapse: (Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years; rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf

yodel collapse: a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto; sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"

jazz collapse: a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands; a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles; play something in the style of jazz

theme song collapse: a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie

ditty collapse: a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung)

traditionalism collapse: adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters); strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings; the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions

populace collapse: people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"

picker collapse: someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.; a person who chooses or selects out

syncopation collapse: music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm; a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat

lore collapse: knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote; "early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend"

pornography collapse: creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire

shocker collapse: a sensational message (in a film or play or novel); a shockingly bad person

bop collapse: an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940); dance the bebop

song collapse: the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"; a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs"; a distinctive or characteristic sound; "the song of bullets was in the air"; "the song of the wind"; "the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead"; a very small sum; "he bought it for a song"

heroic collapse: having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes; "the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy"; "heroic explorers"; relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity; "heroic legends"; "the heroic age"

cynosure collapse: something that strongly attracts attention and admiration; "if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice"; something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners); "let faith be your cynosure to walk by"

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