Underbeat

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A beat that runs beneath a piece of music.

    "It certainly had merit as a punkish shouter with its machine-gun-spatter underbeat."

Verb
  1. 1
    To beat too little, or less than usual. transitive

    "At high elevations above 3.000 feet: Raise the baking temperature about 25 degrees. Underbeat the eggs."

Example

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"At high elevations above 3.000 feet: Raise the baking temperature about 25 degrees. Underbeat the eggs."

Etymology

From under- + beat.

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