underbeat
underbeat verb: to beat too little, or less than usual.
Verb
underbeat (third-person singular simple present underbeats, present participle underbeating, simple past underbeat, past participle underbeaten)
- To beat too little, or less than usual.
- At high elevations above 3.000 feet: Raise the baking temperature about 25 degrees. Underbeat the eggs.1994, Patricia C. Marden, Suzanne I. Barchers, Cooking Up World History: Multicultural Recipes and Resources, page 221
Noun
underbeat (plural underbeats)
- A beat that runs beneath a piece of music.
- It certainly had merit as a punkish shouter with its machine-gun-spatter underbeat.2013, James Arena, First Ladies of Disco, page 53
Forms of underbeat
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | underbeats |
| present participle | underbeating |
| past | underbeat |
| past participle | underbeaten |
| Noun | |
| plural | underbeats |
Origin of underbeat
From under- + beat.
Questions about underbeat
- What does underbeat mean?
- Underbeat means to beat too little, or less than usual.
- What part of speech is underbeat?
- Underbeat can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of underbeat?
- The past tense of underbeat is underbeat.
Words near underbeat in the dictionary
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