Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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beatnik | Yes | No | No | No |
beat generation | Yes | No | No | No |
beatnik (noun) | beat generation (noun) |
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a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior | a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop) |