underbeat

English

Etymology

under- +‎ beat

Verb

underbeat (third-person singular simple present underbeats, present participle underbeating, simple past underbeat, past participle underbeaten)

  1. (transitive) To beat too little, or less than usual.
    • 1994, Patricia C. Marden, ‎Suzanne I. Barchers, Cooking Up World History: Multicultural Recipes and Resources (page 221)
      At high elevations above 3.000 feet: Raise the baking temperature about 25 degrees. Underbeat the eggs.

Noun

underbeat (plural underbeats)

  1. A beat that runs beneath a piece of music.
    • 2013, James Arena, First Ladies of Disco (page 53)
      It certainly had merit as a punkish shouter with its machine-gun-spatter underbeat.
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