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up-tempo

[ uhp-tem-poh ]

noun

, plural up-tem·pos, up-tem·pi [uhp, -tem-pee].
  1. a bouncy, fast tempo in music.


adjective

  1. characterized by a fast and bouncy tempo.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of up-tempo1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences

Turn Up the TunesStudies have found that up-tempo music can make you feel more energetic and put you in a better mood.

His up-tempo songs had undercurrents of solitude, and the ballads that became his specialty were suffused with stoic desolation.

It had an up-tempo, hip-hop influence and helped set the stage for what the Gaga sound was to become.

By the time I debarked for the fifth time, I was whistling the tune with jazzy improvisations in a mixed-up tempo.

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