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Beatles

name
/ˈbiːtəlz/

Etymology

Originally spelled Beatals, punningly referencing the expression beat all (“surpass everything”), then later altered to Beatles, blend of beat + beetles, with beat referring to "beat music" or the "beat" of a drum, and beetles inspired by the contemporaneous band name The Crickets.

Definitions

  1. An extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated…

    An extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated primarily in the 1960s.

    • Meronym: Beatles
    • Don't tell me to play goddamn Beatles in my house. We're in America, I swear to God.

  2. plural of Beatle

The neighborhood

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