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counterbeat

counterbeat noun: a beat that runs counter to another.

Noun

counterbeat (plural counterbeats)

  1. A beat that runs counter to another.
    • At the same time there’s a counterbeat of tension.2009 March 20, Holland Cotter, “Cutting Modernism’s Big Cube Down to Size”, in New York Times

Forms of counterbeat

pluralcounterbeats

Origin of counterbeat

From counter- + beat.

Questions about counterbeat

What does counterbeat mean?
Counterbeat means a beat that runs counter to another.
What part of speech is counterbeat?
Counterbeat is a noun.
What is the plural of counterbeat?
The plural of counterbeat is counterbeats.

Words near counterbeat in the dictionary

  1. counterbase
  2. counterbatten
  3. counterbattens
  4. counterbattery
  5. counterbeam
  6. counterbeat
  7. counterbeats
  8. counterbetrayal
  9. counterbetrayals
  10. counterbiblical
  11. counterbid

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