Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Punjabi dance music traditionally performed during harvest festivals and weddings, characterized by the beating of a large, two-headed drum.
- noun A popular style of music combining traditional bhangra drumming with modern Western instruments and rhythms.
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- noun A lively style of music originating from
India . - noun A
traditional Punjabi folk dance , originally a celebration of theharvest . - noun Any of various
modern Punjabi dance styles of the 1950s and 1990s.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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'Psychedelic bhangra' is no real musical term, but I see what the kid was getting at.
The Psychedelic Bhangra Movement does not exist (Music (For Robots)) 2005
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At first it was music -- a funked-up version of a Punjabi folk dance called bhangra -- that gave British-Asians a voice.
The Queen Is Indian? 2008
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The weight-shedding Punjabi 'bhangra' dance exercise has beensuccessfully adopted by the Bathinda police in the state of Punjabin India andwill be followedprobably bythe entire state to make cops fitter and healthier.
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Mika Singh's jocularly loud and impulsive vocals take the fort with celebrating 'bhangra' feel in situational sounding 'Man Mouji Matwala'.
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It starts off well in trendy set of electronic arrangements that raises expectations but settles down with routine 'bhangra' beat patterns with moderate appeal.
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When the guys do the 'bhangra', girls do the 'gidda'.
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Must be able to mainly answer questions related to 'bhangra' with proper well thought out answers, and occasionally create new forum topics.
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Swelling on folksy Punjabi moods, Dhruv Dhalla composes the funkier paced 'bhangra' beat track that brings out the gist of tomfoolery happenings in enthralling 'Kukduk'.
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Pritam makes a flamboyant arrival of '' bhangra '' celebration that comes all the way with bombastic '' dhol '' beats and vibrant orchestrations in loud '' n '' peppy '' Sambhale ''.
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Like all Pritam's major '' bhangra '' hits, it has racy rap rendition with festive Shabbir Ahmed's lyrics setting out a tempo for a grandiloquent celebration.
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