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backbeats

backbeats is the plural of backbeat.

Meaning of backbeat

Noun

backbeat (plural backbeats)

  1. The sharp accent on the second and fourth beats of rock music in 4/4 time.
    • Just let me hear some of that rock and roll music / Any old way you choose it / It's got a back beat, you can't lose it, / Any old time you use it1957, “Rock and Roll Music”, performed by Chuck Berry

Questions about backbeats

What is backbeats the plural of?
Backbeats is the plural of backbeat.

Words near backbeats in the dictionary

  1. backbeach
  2. backbeaches
  3. backbearing
  4. backbearings
  5. backbeat
  6. backbeats
  7. backbench
  8. backbencher
  9. backbenchers
  10. backbenches
  11. backbend

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