backbeats

noun

plural of backbeat
as in rhythms

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  1. rhythms
  2. cadences
  3. meters
Noun
  • Three Trails Taiko performed as festivalgoers gathered around the musicians, whose strikes produced rhythms that could be heard throughout the marketplace.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Where so many of her predecessors came alive only on the dance floor, Ojeda allows her subject matter to reverberate through the novel, inflecting every sentence with its shivery rhythms.
    — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of rhythms
Noun
  • On set, Lan worked scene by scene with the cast, adjusting lines written in Mandarin into the natural cadences of spoken Teochew.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 July 2026
  • Between 1200Boom’s patient lurch and slaq’s feverish run-on, both rappers’ cadences unfurl like rugs.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
Definition of cadences
Noun
  • Each will have 5,400 lane meters of cargo capacity and accommodation for up to 1,000 people.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The two-stage Pallas-1 stands 171 feet (52 meters) tall and can haul about 15,400 pounds (7,000 kilograms) to low Earth orbit.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of meters
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“Backbeats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backbeats. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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