Backbeat

Definition: Backbeat

Backbeat

Noun

1. (rock music) a loud steady beat.

Modern Usage: Backbeat

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	It's got a backbeat, you can't lose it ("Rock'n'Roll Music"; performing artist: Chuck Berry) Backbeat the talkin' blues ("Walk Of Life"; performing artist: Dire Straits)
Movie/TV Titles	Backbeat (1993)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Backbeat".

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Happy shuffle style piece with a strong synthesized backbeat.		Simple backbeat rhythm for guitar and synthesized flute melodies.
	High keyboard glissando over a groove backbeat synthesized rhythm section.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Backbeat

"Backbeat" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Backbeat" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	11	106,044

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Backbeat

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
backbeat	55
backbeat club	14
backbeat beatles	8
backbeat book	7
backbeat clara santa	5
backbeat club night	4
backbeat movie	4
backbeat candi	3
backbeat band	3
backbeat picture	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Backbeat

Language		Translations for "backbeat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		ackbeatbay.(various references)

Thai		จังหวะ�"นตรีที่หนักแน่น โ�"ยเฉพาะจังหวะร็อก. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Backbeat

Derivations
	Words beginning with "backbeat": backbeats. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Backbeat" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Macbeath. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Backbeat

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-c-e-k-t"
	-3 letters: aback, abate, aceta, babka, kabab, kebab.
	-4 letters: abba, abbe, abet, acta, baba, babe, back, bake, bate, beak, beat, beck, beta, cake, cate, kata, tace, tack, taka, take, teak.
	-5 letters: aba, ace, act, ate, baa, bat, bet, cab, cat, eat, ebb, eta, kab, kae, kat, kea, tab, tae, tea.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-b-c-e-k-t"
	+1 letter: backbeats.
	+3 letters: backstabbed, backstabber.
	+4 letters: backstabbers.
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