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backbeat

noun

Etymology

From back + beat.

  1. derived from *bautaną✻ — “to push, strike”
  2. derived from *bautan✻
  3. derived from bēatan — “to beat, pound, strike, lash, dash, thrust, hurt, injure”
  4. inherited from beten
  5. compounded as backbeat — “back + beat”

Definitions

  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 it

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