dubstep

dub +‎ 2-step garage.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbstɛp/

dubstep (uncountable)

1. A subgenre of electronic dance music descended from 2-step garage that was popular in the early 2010s, characterized by its dark mood, sparse half-step and two-step rhythms, and emphasis on sub-bass.
   • 2002 July 16, Tricia Romano, “Electro Trash”, in Village Voice:

     "Genres are so boring," said Scotsman Broon, one-half of the tech-house duo, as he scanned the cover of XLR8R magazine hyping "Dubstep" while shopping at Etherea record store.

   • 2006, Mary Gaitskill, Daphne Carr, Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006:

     ...of course, a lot of grime producers and dubstep producers freely admit to FL being their primary tool, and the software is increasingly being used...

   • 2007, Michael E Veal, Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae:

     ...reflect broader class strategies within English society, and the same can be said for more recent genre mutations such as dubstep and grime.

   • 2008, Matt Mason, The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism:

     Acid house, hard-core, drum 'n' bass, UK garage, grime, and dubstep are just a handful of now worldwide underground movements that developed in this way.

   • 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The Onion AV Club‎:

     But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).

• brostep

• dubstep on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from English dubstep.

• IPA^(key): /dœb.stɛp/

dubstep m (uncountable)

1. dubstep

Borrowed from English dubstep.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdap.stɛp/
• Rhymes: -apstɛp
• Syllabification: dub‧step

dubstep m inan (related adjective dubstepowy)

1. dubstep (music genre)

• dubstep in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from English dubstep.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdabstep/ [ˈd̪aβ̞s.t̪ep]
• Rhymes: -abstep

dubstep m (uncountable)

1. dubstep