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breakbeaty

breakbeaty adjective: resembling or characteristic of breakbeat music.

Adjective

breakbeaty (comparative more breakbeaty, superlative most breakbeaty)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of breakbeat music.
    • An organ and Casio keyboard-fueled hootenanny, the record could be the breakbeaty and supergroovy soundtrack to a mid-'60s kids show.2001, SPIN, volume 17, number 3, page 47
    • Then, with a rapid title sequence, a zoom-in on Earth, England and then London from space, an alarm clock, a council estate, breakbeaty music, Trafalgar Square, a boyfriend, a shop... suddenly, here it was. Doctor Who, as a mainstream show, on television as it is today.2014, Graeme Burk, Robert Smith, Time, Unincorporated 3: The Doctor Who Fanzine Archives

Forms of breakbeaty

comparativemore breakbeaty
superlativemost breakbeaty

Origin of breakbeaty

From breakbeat + -y.

Questions about breakbeaty

What does breakbeaty mean?
Breakbeaty means resembling or characteristic of breakbeat music.
What part of speech is breakbeaty?
Breakbeaty is an adjective.

Words near breakbeaty in the dictionary

  1. breakaway glass
  2. breakaways
  3. breakback
  4. breakbeat
  5. breakbeats
  6. breakbeaty
  7. breakbone
  8. breakbone fever
  9. breakbones
  10. breakbuilder
  11. breakbuilders

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