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Beatles

//ˈbiːtl̩z// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated primarily in the 1960s. plural, plural-only

    "Meronym: Beatles"

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Beatle form-of, plural

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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