■ noun Music a spasmodic or interrupted effect, produced by dividing a melody between two parts, notes in one part coinciding with rests in the other.
Derivatives
~ing noun
Origin
C18: from Fr. hoquet 'hiccup'.
■ noun Music a spasmodic or interrupted effect, produced by dividing a melody between two parts, notes in one part coinciding with rests in the other.
Derivatives
~ing noun
Origin
C18: from Fr. hoquet 'hiccup'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004