First Known Use: 1985
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break beat
noun
Definition of BREAK BEAT
: a repetitive drum pattern in hip-hop and dance music; also : music based on break beats
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Origin of BREAK BEAT
2break (solo musical passage)
Rhymes with BREAK BEAT
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