big beat

noun

variants or Big Beat

: music (such as rock) characterized by a heavy persistent beat

Examples of big beat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In palpitating trip-hop and wind-tunnel big beat, the producer’s lovestruck second album seeks a softer, more romantic home on the dancefloor. — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 11 Nov. 2026

But that may not be enough to satisfy investors after a big beat. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

That inspired her blazing recent mixtape, Eternal, which traffics in big beats, exclamatory vocals, and thoughtful lyrics about the pleasures of being in a moveable, danceable body. — Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026

Poison Ivy Rorshach shimmied in a fishnet bodysuit, swinging her guitar to the band’s big beats from Badsville, while frontman Lux Interior ate his microphone, humped the floor, and then came again (pun intended) as Elvis Fucking Christ. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for big beat

• amit
• athlete
• backseat
• blackfeet
• broadsheet
• browbeat
• buckwheat
• compete
• compleat
• complete
• conceit
• concrete