music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) krzyżówka

an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940) popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar voluble conversation a favorite saying of a sect or political group a witty saying an examination consisting of a few short questions a reply that repeats what has just been said formally making a person known to another or to the public a reference point to shoot at; "his arrow hit the mark" a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep" syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba a sad Portuguese folksong a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music a Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek the Turkic language spoken by the Tatar living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains the Muskhogean language of the Alabama