A United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop). Synonyms:beat generation, beatniks.
Beat
verb
(past beat; past part. beaten; pres. part. beating)
1.
Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict. Synonyms:beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish."We beat the competition" , "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
2.
Give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression. Synonyms:beat up, work over."The teacher used to beat the students"
A regular route for a sentry or policeman. Synonym:round.
2.
The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart. Synonyms:heartbeat, pulsation, pulse.
3.
The basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music. Synonyms:musical rhythm, rhythm."The conductor set the beat"
4.
A single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations.
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A member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior. Synonym:beatnik.
... like thunder, and a mountain snaps in two. The upper half comes, crashing, grinding, down into the sea, and loosened streams of water follow it. The sea is displaced before the mighty heap; it boils and scatters up a cloud of spray; it rushes back, and violently beats upon the shore. The mountain rises from its bath, sways to and fro, while water pours along its mighty sides; now it is tolerably quiet, letting crackers off as air escapes out of its cavities. That ... — Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage • Richard Hakluyt Read full book for free!
... hear the hoofs of horses Galloping over the hill, Galloping on and galloping on, When all the night is shrill With wind and rain that beats the pane— And my soul with awe ... — The Literary World Seventh Reader • Various Read full book for free!
... courage at thought of death. Many and varied the tongues we speak, But one and the same is the goal we seek. And the goal we seek is not power or place, But the peace of the world, and the good of the race. And little matters the colour of skin, When each heart under it beats to win. ... — Hello, Boys! • Ella Wheeler Wilcox Read full book for free!
... extremity the Crow and her mate went to the Sparrow, and said: "Sparrow, Sparrow, have pity on us and give us shelter, for the wind blows and the rain beats, and the prickly-pear hedge-thorns stick into our eyes." But the Sparrow answered: "I'm cooking the dinner; I cannot let you ... — Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) - Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales • Various Read full book for free!
... rose. And it is enough, even after the lapse of three centuries, to cause a pang in every heart that beats for human liberty to think of the bitter disappointment which crushed these great and legitimate hopes. The cause lay in the incompetency and cowardice of the man who had been so unfortunately entrusted with a share in ... — The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley Read full book for free!
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