Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

back beat

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.97 in modern English

Syllables: back- beat
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the even beats in music, as opposed to the odd downbeats

Inflected Forms

back beats (plural)

Questions

What does back beat mean?: Any of the even beats in music, as opposed to the odd downbeats

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