counterbeat

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noun

A beat that runs counter to another.

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Meanings

nouncounterbeat (plural counterbeats)

plural counterbeats

  1. A beat that runs counter to another.

    At the same time there’s a counterbeat of tension.

    2009 March 20, Holland Cotter, “Cutting Modernism’s Big Cube Down to Size”, in New York Times

Origin

From counter- + beat.

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Cite this entry
APA

counterbeat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterbeat

MLA

“counterbeat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterbeat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterbeat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterbeat.

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