breakbeaty

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

breakbeat +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

breakbeaty (comparative more breakbeaty, superlative most breakbeaty)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of breakbeat music.
    • 2001, SPIN, volume 17, number 3, page 47:
      An organ and Casio keyboard-fueled hootenanny, the record could be the breakbeaty and supergroovy soundtrack to a mid-'60s kids show.
    • 2014, Graeme Burk, Robert Smith, Time, Unincorporated 3: The Doctor Who Fanzine Archives:
      Then, with a rapid title sequence, a zoom-in on Earth, England and then London from space, an alarm clock, a council estate, breakbeaty music, Trafalgar Square, a boyfriend, a shop... suddenly, here it was. Doctor Who, as a mainstream show, on television as it is today.