riddim

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riddim

/ˈɹɪd.əm/

Rhymes with -ɪdəm

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From Jamaican Creole riddim, from rhythm.

noun riddims

countable, uncountable An instrumental version of a song in Jamaican or Caribbean music, usually with a drum pattern and a prominent bassline, meant to be reused as a backing track in other productions. From very early on ‘riddims’ have been the core of reggae music, and been seen as reusable. But deejay and later dancehall has taken this tendency to what some people consider an obsessive extreme. The apotheosis, or nadir, of the recycled riddim came in 1985, the year of ‘Sleng Teng’, which gave bi
countable, uncountable A subgenre of dubstep known for its heavy use of repetitive and minimalist sub-bass and triplet percussion arrangements.

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@misc{riddim_2026,
  title = {riddim},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/riddim},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}