Beats and Drums

Beats

Beats noun - 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 modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop).

Drums and beats are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Drums" instead a verb "Beats".

Drums

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Beats and drums are semantically related. You can use "Beats" instead a verb "Drums".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Slater from Saved by the Bell is so good at playing drums that we hear the beats before he even hits the drums.
  • Most Annoying Sound In this game, you give a troop of characters orders by playing certain beats on some drums, and this is the order to advance.
  • Comic Strip / Twisted Toyfare Theatre This has some basis in actual Star Wars canon; see the part at the end of Return of the Jedi where an Ewok beats the severed heads of downed Stormtroopers like drums.
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