Term: doo-wop: a genre (usually a cappella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing; characterized by close four-part harmonies; the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the backup
Candidate hypernym: gospel: folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul) → 1
Candidate hypernym: buildup: the result of the process of accumulation → 0
Candidate hypernym: caenolestes: type genus of the family Caenolestidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: unanimity: everyone being of one mind → 0
Candidate hypernym: purge: the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge → 0
Candidate hypernym: rape conviction: conviction for rape → 0
Candidate hypernym: nightcap: a cloth cap worn in bed → 0
Candidate hypernym: mockernut: smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut → 0
Candidate hypernym: tart: a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust → 0
Candidate hypernym: lesser galangal: Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring → 0
Candidate hypernym: research director: a supervisor in a research center → 0