: a steady pronounced rhythm stressing the second and fourth beats of a four-beat measure
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Jay Bellerose did some backbeats and did some clapping.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 6 May 2024
Their soulful singing and funky hip-hop backbeat went over fabulously with the crowd.
—Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
These are born from struggle, and rock ‘n’ roll fuses them with a backbeat and a holler.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
Disappearances, of one kind or another, have become the backbeat of Chinese public life under Xi Jinping.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
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Chris Willman, Variety, 6 May 2024
Their soulful singing and funky hip-hop backbeat went over fabulously with the crowd.
—Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
These are born from struggle, and rock ‘n’ roll fuses them with a backbeat and a holler.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
Disappearances, of one kind or another, have become the backbeat of Chinese public life under Xi Jinping.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
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backbeat
noun
back·beat
-ˌbēt 
: a steady pronounced rhythm stressing the second and fourth beats of a four-beat measure
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