Definition of cover

cover

noun

admission paid to get into a bar, dance club, etc. Short for "cover charge."
How much is the cover tonight?
- See more words with the same meaning: abbreviations (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: money.
Last edited on Jul 21 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 21 2009.
a rendition of a song played by someone other than the original artist.
Did you hear that new Led Zeppelin cover?
- See more words with the same meaning: music (related to).
Last edited on Jul 21 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 21 2009.

verb - transitive

to play a song, when one isn't the original artist.
Our band mostly covers Led Zeppelin songs.
- See more words with the same meaning: to play music, an instrument.
Last edited on Sep 06 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 21 2009.

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pic	Definitions include: "picture."
murkin	Definitions include: Short for American.
ag	Definitions include: also a diminutive form of aggro.
mo	Definitions include: "moment".
hooch	Definitions include: a promiscuous female.
pwd	Definitions include: "password."
za	Definitions include: abbreviation of "pizza."
burger	Definitions include: an attractive person.
*fck all**	Definitions include: nothing.
alt	Definitions include: "alternative".
lech	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "lecher," i.e. a lecherous person.
trig	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "trigonometry".
dad bod	Definitions include: "dad bod" i.e. "dad body".
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tooney	Definitions include: $2 Canadian coin.
bill	Definitions include: one hundred dollars.
boodle	Definitions include: money.
scrilla	Definitions include: money.
seven figure	Definitions include: worth 1,000,000 units of a currency to just below 10,000,000 units.
gwop	Definitions include: money.
fin	Definitions include: a five dollar bill.
six figures	Definitions include: 100,000 units of a currency to just below 1,000,000 units.
bust out	Definitions include: to yell at someone; "blow up".
jack	Definitions include: a five pound note.
green	Definitions include: in agreement.
six-figure	Definitions include: worth 100,000 units of a currency to just below 1,000,000 units.
kick back	Definitions include: to recline, as in a reclining chair.
scrill	Definitions include: money, dollars.
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rotation	Definitions include: the frequency a song is broadcast.
head-bang	Definitions include: to perform aggressive fellatio.
joint	Definitions include: song.
earworm	Definitions include: a song or song fragment that gets stuck in one's head.
hit it	Definitions include: to have sex.
funk	Definitions include: a bad odor.
spin	Definitions include: to play records.
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hickhop	Definitions include: a blend of the music genres Country and Hiphop.
emo	Definitions include: a genre of music that, among other characteristics, is emotional and melodramatic.
front	Definitions include: to pretend to be someone else.
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tickle the ivories	Definitions include: to play the piano.
train wreck	Definitions include: the event in which a DJ is playing records ("spinning") and doesn't properly match beat tempos while transitioning ("crossfading") from one track to another.
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Other terms relating to 'to play music, an instrument':
jam	Definitions include: to leave.
spin	Definitions include: to play records.
gack	Definitions include: to pretend to play a musical instrument, especially a guitar.
womp womp	Definitions include: imitation of a sound effect traditionally used in cartoons after something unfortunate happens to a character.
wank	Definitions include: to masturbate, especially male masturbation.
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air guitar	Definitions include: a form of dance/mime in which a person mimes playing a guitar while music is playing.
hit it	Definitions include: to have sex.
throw down	Definitions include: to fight.

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Other terms relating to 'cover':
blow (one's) cover	Definitions include: to reveal a person's lie(s).
cover band	Definitions include: a band or singer that mostly plays ("covers") other artists' songs.
cover charge	Definitions include: admission paid to get into a bar, dance club, etc.
*cover (one's) ss**	Definitions include: to do something in order to have plausible deniability in case something goes wrong.
CYA	Definitions include: acronym for "cover your ass."