undertune

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noun

An underlying or background tune.

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Meanings

nounundertune (plural undertunes)

plural undertunes

  1. An underlying or background tune.

    Down below, the rasping sound of rough salt rubbed on rough flesh sounded like the whirring of a grindstone — a steady undertune to the "click-nick" of the knives in the pen; […]

    1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous

Origin

From under- + tune.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

untenured
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APA

undertune. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undertune

MLA

“undertune.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undertune. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undertune,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undertune.

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