Beats
Premium audio brand
Beats is a brand of headphones and audio equipment, founded by Dr.
Dre and Jimmy Iovine and now owned by Apple.
The products are recognizable by their bold styling and prominent logo: She was wearing her Beats on the subway.
He got Beats for Christmas. (Lowercase beats refers to rhythms or the verb.)
headphones
Wearable speakers for ears
- Headphonesearphones, earpiece, headset, over-ear, on-ear headphones
- Apple acquisitionsSiri
- Acquired BrandsYouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp, Pixar, Marvel
- audio devicesmicrophone, mic, CD player, iPod, stereo
- Literary Groupswriting group, writers group, poetry circle, writing circle, writers workshop
- Tech CompaniesGoogle, Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Intel
MUSICAL RHYTHM (verb/noun sense)
Beatssilence
Total lack of sound
arrhythmia · syncopation · offbeats · stillness · quiet
- beat upAssault physically, cause injury
- beat itCommand to leave quickly
- beaten upDamaged by blows
- beat around the bushAvoid stating directly
- beats downStrikes repeatedly with force
- beat the pants offDefeat decisively and humiliatingly
beat, beaten, beating, upbeat, offbeat, heartbeat, beater, deadbeat, drumbeat