world beat

noun

1. (sometimes initial capital letters) any of various styles of popular music combining traditional, native forms with elements of another culture's music, especially of Western rock and pop.

Word History and Origins

Origin of world beat¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

Unwillingly the remembrance of the outer world beat back into Billy's mind.

From Project Gutenberg

And then the great heart of the world beat with noble generosity.

From Project Gutenberg

But within these forms of the older world beat for the first time the spirit which was to characterize the new.

From Project Gutenberg

They were sick and sorrowful, and the tempests of the world beat upon them.

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