Ska Definition

skä
noun
A form of dance music, originally from Jamaica, characterized by the use of saxophones and brass, a heavily accented offbeat, and the influence of New Orleans rhythm and blues, jazz, and calypso.
Webster's New World
abbreviation
(astronomy) Initialism of Square Kilometer Array.
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Origin of Ska

  • From the phrase (Love) Ska(voovie) greeting used by Jamaican bassist Cluet Johnson, one of the early creators of ska, or imitative of the sound of a guitar in tandem with a rim click on a snare drum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Origin uncertain. Probably imitative of the crisp guitar sound; other suggestions include a contraction of American slang skavoovie, or of speed polka.

    From Wiktionary

Ska Sentence Examples

  • It's not just the infectious nature of heavy dub bass and ska chops over a hip-hop backbeat that gets them moving.

  • This page gives an overview of all articles in the 1911 Brittanica which are alphabetized under Sik to Ska.

  • My eldest boy of 21 is in a ska punk band.

  • They play catchy, punk-pop songs laced with ska.

  • In the U.K., ska revivalists influenced both Britpop bands like Blur and trip-hop artists like Tricky.

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Words Starting With

SSKSKA

Words Ending With

AKASKA

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