doowop

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A form of doo-wop — A style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music that was mostly popular within Black Americans of African descent in the mid-1950s to the early 1960s that is best characterized by nonsensical backing vocals with very little to no instrumentation.

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Meanings

noundoowop (uncountable)
  1. alternativerareuncountableAlternative form of doo-wop.
verbdoowop (third-person singular simple present doowops, present participle doowopping, simple past and past participle doowopped)

present singular third person doowops · participle present doowopping · participle past doowopped · past doowopped

  1. alternativerareAlternative form of doo-wop.
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doowop,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doowop.

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