Meanings
nounfreakbeat (uncountable)
- uncountableA genre of hard-driving British rock music, often from the 1960s and associated with a mod following.
The couple had already put in the hard yards: Fred started out in '60s freakbeat combos The Weeds and Lollipop Shoppe, with Toody joining him in early '80s punk trio The Rats.
2021 December, Jon Dale, “Dead Moon fever!”, in Uncut, →ISSN, page 8
Origin
From freak + beat, coined by English music journalist Philip Lloyd-Smee.
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APA
freakbeat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freakbeat
MLA
“freakbeat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freakbeat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “freakbeat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freakbeat.
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