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beatnik

[ beet-nik ]

noun

  1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the Beat Generation.
  2. a person who rejects or avoids conventional behavior, dress, etc.


beatnik

/ ˈːٲɪ /

noun

  1. a member of the Beat Generation (sense 1)
  2. informal.
    any person with long hair and shabby clothes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of beatnik1

1955–60, Americanism; beat (adj.) (as in Beat Generation ) + -nik
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of beatnik1

C20: from beat (n) + -nik , by analogy with Sputnik
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How could this crazy beatnik character be Disney?

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He stars as the busboy at a beatnik bar who uses his incredibly lifelike sculptures to impress the hip clientele.

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As she deftly demonstrated the choreography’s awkwardness while playing it straight, my mind went for a moment to Audrey Hepburn’s beatnik dance in “Funny Face.”

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Spectral students from various eras offer a range of familiar types — jock, beatnik, stoner, gay kid —and remind us that as long as you live, and even afterward, you’re never out of high school.

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In America, the term “counterculture” is so associated with hippies, beatniks, bohemians and the like, it might seem odd to think of self-described conservatives as counterculture types.

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