Beatles
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Etymology edit
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.[1][2]
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the Beatles pl (plural only)
- An extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated primarily in the 1960s.
- Synonym: Fab Four
- 2023, Priscilla Presley, Sandra Harmon, Sofia Coppola, Priscilla, spoken by Elvis (Jacob Elordi):
- Don't tell me to play goddamn Beatles in my house. We're in America, I swear to God.
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rock music quartet
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Beatles
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Beatles m pl (plural only)
- Beatles (rock music quartet)
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Beatles m pl (proper noun, plural only)
- Beatles (rock music quartet)
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- Beatle m
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Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Beatles.
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Beatles m pl
- Beatles (rock music quartet)
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Beatles m pl
- Beatles (rock music quartet)