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verbunderbeat (third-person singular simple present underbeats, present participle underbeating, simple past underbeat, past participle underbeaten)
present singular third person underbeats · participle present underbeating · participle past underbeaten
- transitiveTo beat too little, or less than usual.
At high elevations above 3.000 feet: Raise the baking temperature about 25 degrees. Underbeat the eggs.
1994, Patricia C. Marden, Suzanne I. Barchers, Cooking Up World History: Multicultural Recipes and Resources, page 221
noununderbeat (plural underbeats)
plural underbeats
- A beat that runs beneath a piece of music.
It certainly had merit as a punkish shouter with its machine-gun-spatter underbeat.
2013, James Arena, First Ladies of Disco, page 53
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underbeat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underbeat.
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