Beatnik

Definition: Beatnik

Beatnik

Noun

1. A member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior.

Synonym: Beatnik

Synonym: beat (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Beatnik

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Beatnik was coined by Herb Caen of the San Francisco Chronicle as a derisive term to refer to the beats, i.e. members of the Beat Generation (this was a play off the name of the Russian satellite Sputnik).

Beatnik is a simple esoteric programming language, based on a stack. A beatnik program consists of any sequence of english words. Each word is assigned the score you would get for it in a Scrabble® game. More information is available at http://www.cliff.biffle.org/esoterica/beatnik.html.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Beatnik."

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Crosswords: Beatnik

Non-English Usage: "Beatnik" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Czech (beatnik), French (beatnik), German (beatnik), Hungarian (beatnik), Italian (beatnik), Spanish (beatnik), Swedish (beatnik).

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Modern Usage: Beatnik

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Le Beatnik et le minet (1965) Koko Meets Barney Beatnik (1963)
Song Titles	Beatnik Fly (Instrumental) (performing artist: Johnny & The Hurricanes)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Beatnik

Domain	Title
Books	Beatnik Rutabagas from Beyond the Stars (reference) Memoirs of a Beatnik (reference) Tales of beatnik glory (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Beatnik Oblivion (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Beatnik

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Usage Frequency: Beatnik

"Beatnik" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Beatnik" is used about 19 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%	19	80,337

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

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Expression: Beatnik

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "beatnik": ex-beatnik.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Beatnik

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
beatnik in plug	844
beatnik	212
beatnik poetry	11
beatnik termite	9
beatnik cartoon	9
beatnik player	9
beatnik car club	8
beatnik fashion	7
beatnik music	5
beatnik picture	4
1950s beatnik	4
art beatnik	4
beatnik movement	4
beatnik history	4
beatnik tv	4
bandit beatnik	4
beatnik clothing	4
beat beatnik	3
beatnik blues	3
beatnik clock	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Beatnik

Language		Translations for "beatnik"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏وجودي (existential, existentialist, pantheistic). (various references)

Bulgarian		отчаян интелигент. (various references)

Czech		beatnik, příslušník generace bez iluzí. (various references)

Farsi		متظاهربه هنروری , ادم ژولیده وشوریده . (various references)

French		beatnik. (various references)

German		beatnik. (various references)

Greek		υπαρξιστήσ (existentialist), άτομο αντικοινωνικήσ συμπεριφοράσ, αδιάφορων για το περιβάλλον του. (various references)

Hebrew		ביט� יק. (various references)

Hungarian		beatnik. (various references)

Indonesian		hipis. (various references)

Italian		beatnik. (various references)

Pig Latin		eatnikbay

Portuguese		oriundo da classe média. (various references)

Russian		битник (hipster). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		bitnik. (various references)

Spanish		bohemio (bohemian), beatnik. (various references)

Swedish		beatnik. (various references)

Turkish		beat müziği meraklısı, asi genç. (various references)

Vietnamese		híp pi (hippie, hippy). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Beatnik

Derivations
	Words beginning with "beatnik": beatniks. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Beatnik" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: banik, batnik, Beaini, beaknik, Beartrix, beatnic, beatnick, beetnik, Benati, Blatnik, Bortnyik, Bratinka. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Beatnik"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "beatnik" (pronounced bē"tnik)
4	-t n i k	Sputnik.
3	-n i k	allophonic, arsenic, avionic, botanic, bubonic, calisthenic, carcinogenic, catatonic, chronic, clinic, conic, cynic, demonic, diatonic, Dominick, electronic, embryonic, ethnic, eugenic, galvanic, ganglionic, germanic, gnomonic, hallucinogenic, harmonic, hedonic, hegemonic, histrionic, hydroponic, hypersonic, hypertonic, inorganic, ionic, ironic, isoelectronic, isotonic, kibbutznik, laconic, leptonic, manic, masonic, mechanic, messianic, microelectronic, mnemonic, monoclinic, monophonic, multiethnic, neotenic, nucleonic, oceanic, organic, orogenic, ovonic, panic, pathogenic, pharaonic, philharmonic, phonic, photogenic, planktonic, platonic, plutonic, pneumonic, polyphonic, polytechnic, psychogenic, pyrotechnic, refusenik, sardonic, satanic, scenic, schizophrenic, sonic, splenic, supersonic, symphonic, synchronic, technic, tectonic, telegenic, telephonic, Titanic, tonic, transgenic, transoceanic, tunic, tympanic, ultrasonic, volcanic.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Beatnik

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-k-n-t"
	-1 letter: binate, intake.
	-2 letters: batik, entia, taken, takin, tenia, tinea.
	-3 letters: abet, akin, ante, anti, bait, bake, bane, bani, bank, bate, beak, bean, beat, bent, beta, bike, bine, bint, bite, etna, ikat, kain, kane, kent, kibe, kina, kine, kite, knit, nabe, neat, nite, tain, take, tank, teak, tike, tine.
	-4 letters: ain, ait, ane, ani, ant, ate, ban, bat, ben, bet, bin, bit, eat, eta, ink, kab, kae, kat, kea, ken, kin, kit, nab, nae, neb, net, nib, nit, tab, tae, tan, tea, ten, tie, tin.
	-5 letters: ab, ae, ai, an, at, ba, be, bi, en, et, in, it, ka, na, ne, ta, ti.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-k-n-t"
	+1 letter: beatniks, betaking, snakebit.
	+2 letters: interbank, snakebite, thinkable.
	+3 letters: backbitten, barkentine, bethanking, blanketing, bracketing, snakebites.
	+4 letters: barkentines, blanketlike, cabinetwork, debarkation, embarkation, snakebitten, tiebreaking, unthinkable.
	+5 letters: bankruptcies, breakfasting, breathtaking, cabinetmaker, cabinetworks, debarkations, embarkations, pathbreaking, unmistakable.
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