Beatles

proper nounnouncommon in dialogue

//ˈbiːtəlz//
/[ˈbɪi̯tʰəlz] ~ [ˈbɪi̯tʰl̩z]/
//ˈbiːɾəlz//
/[ˈbɪi̯ɾəlz] ~ [ˈbɪi̯ɾl̩z]/
//ˈbiːʔəlz//

An extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated primarily in the 1960s.

proper noun

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An extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated primarily in the 1960s.
Meronym: Beatles
Don't tell me to play goddamn Beatles in my house. We're in America, I swear to God.

Etymology

Originally spelled Beatals, punningly referencing the expression beat all (“surpass everything”), then later altered to Beatles, blend of beat + beetles, with beat referring to "beat music" or the "beat" of a drum, and beetles inspired by the contemporaneous band name The Crickets.

noun

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Also a form of Beatleplural of Beatle

Forms

plural: the Beatles

beat · A stroke; a blow.beaten · Defeated.beating · The action by which someone or something is beaten.

Beatles · An extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated primarily in the 1960s.

Beatrice · A female given name from Latin.beats · An assault by beating.Beats · A diminutive of the female given names Beatrice or Beatrix.

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