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back⋅beat

[bak-beet]
–noun Popular Music.
a secondary or supplementary beat, as by a jazz drummer.

Origin:
back 1 + beat
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back·beat   (bāk'bēt')   
n.  A sharp rhythmic accent on the second and fourth beats of a measure in 4/4 time, characteristic of rock music.

[back(ground) + beat.]
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