1. beats

noun. ['ˈbiːts'] a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop).

Rhymes with Beats

• obsoletes
• mistreats
• completes
• retreats
• depletes
• competes
• backseats
• streets
• street's
• repeats
• receipts
• petites
• deletes
• defeats
• deceits
• treats
• sweets
• suites
• steitz
• skeets
• pleats
• kreitz
• greets
• graetz
• fleets
• fleet's
• elites
• cleats
• zietz
• zeitz

Sentences with beats

1. Noun, plural
This lets the musicians know how many beats are in the measure and what kind of beats they are.

2. Verb, 3rd person singular present
Nothing beats the flavor of charred pork or beef cooked just right.

Quotes about beats

1. Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.
- Stella Adler

2. Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything in second place.
- William C. Bryant

3. The past beats inside me like a second heart.
- John Banville, The Sea