| NOUN | group | beats, beat generation, beatniks | a United States youth subculture of the 1950s |
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| Sounds | biy'ts | |
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| Rhymes | cleats ... seats: 6 rhymes with iyts... | |
| Meaning | 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 / favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop). | |
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| Synonyms | beat generation, beatniks | |
| Members | beatnik, beat | A member of the beat generation |
| Broader | youth subculture | A minority youth culture whose distinctiveness depended largely on the social class and ethnic background of its members |
| Spanish | beatniks | |
| Catalan | beatniks | |
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