HyperDic: beatniks

English > 1 sense of the word beatniks:
NOUNgroupbeatniks, beat generation, beatsa United States youth subculture of the 1950s
beatniks > pronunciation
Soundsbiy'tnihks
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English > beatniks: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored / favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop).
Synonymsbeat generation, beats
Membersbeatnik, beatA member of the beat generation
Broaderyouth subcultureA minority youth culture whose distinctiveness depended largely on the social class and ethnic background of its members
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