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Syncopate
Syncopate verb - To make less in extent or duration.
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After all, not too many kids have hips like Elvis's, but anyone who could play "Chopsticks" or whistle "The Star-Spangled Banner" could syncopate (everybody owned pianos back then).
Source: The New Rock & Roll
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