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hillbilly music Noun country music originating in mountainous regions of southern United States
hot jazz Noun jazz that is emotionally charged and intense and marked by strong rhythms and improvisation
hip-hop Noun genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment
hip-hop Noun an urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner city
heavy metal Noun loud and harsh-sounding rock music with a strong beat
heavy metal Noun a metal of relatively high density, i.e. specific gravity greater than about 5, or of high relative atomic weight – especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead
heavy metal music Noun loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat
homophony Noun part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style)
homophony Noun the same pronunciation for words of different origins
headlinese Noun using the abbreviated style of headline writers
hendiadys Noun use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier
hypallage Noun reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in `her beauty's face')
hyperbaton Noun reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')
hypozeugma Noun use of a series of subjects with a single predicate
hypozeuxis Noun use of a series of parallel clauses (as in `I came, I saw, I conquered')
heroic poetry Noun poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero
hyperbole Noun extravagant exaggeration
hexameter Noun a verse line having six metrical feet
head rhyme Noun use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
holla Noun a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
holler Noun a very loud utterance
holler Noun a small valley between mountains
holler Verb to utter a cry, shout, or complaint loudly and suddenly
hollering Noun a very loud utterance, such as the sound of an animal
hollo Noun a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
hollo Verb utter a sudden loud cry
hollo Verb cry hollo
hollo Verb encourage somebody by crying hollo
holloa Noun a very loud utterance, like the sound of an animal
hue and cry Noun loud and persistent outcry from many people
halloo Noun a shout to attract attention
halloo Verb shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention
halloo Verb urge on with shouts
hosanna Noun a cry of praise or adoration (to God)
honeyed words Noun inconsequential expressions of affection
hiss Noun a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
hiss Noun a fricative sound, especially as an expression of disapproval
hiss Verb show displeasure, as after a performance or speech
hiss Verb make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
hiss Verb express or utter with a hiss
hiss Verb move with a whooshing sound
homograph Noun two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair)
homophone Noun Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both. For example, bare and bear or to, two, and too.
huddle Noun (informal) a quick private conference
huddle Noun a disorganized and densely packed crowd
huddle Verb crowd or draw together
huddle Verb crouch or curl up
howl Noun a long loud emotional utterance
howl Noun a loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound
howl Noun the long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf