beat|nik — «BEET nihk», noun. a young person in the 1950 s, who rejected middle class conventions and accepted standards characterized by adopting unusual dress, speech, and other conventions of Bohemianism. ╂[< beat, adjective + nik] … Useful english dictionary
beat — beat; beat·em·est; beat·er·man; beat·in ·est; beat·nik; beat·om·est; brow·beat·er; burn·beat; bush·beat; bush·beat·er; un·beat·able; beat· em·est; beat·en·est; beat·in·est; … English syllables
Nik Kershaw — Birth name Nicholas David Kershaw Born 1 March 1958 (1958 03 01) (age 53) Bristol, England Origin Ipswich, Suffolk, England … Wikipedia
Nik Cohn — See Nick Cohen for the New Statesman and The Observer contributor Nik Cohn (also written Nick Cohn) is a British rock journalist, born in London in 1946. He was brought up in Derry, in the North of Ireland, the son of historian Norman Cohn and… … Wikipedia
beat — 1) n a member of the beat generation or aspirer to its values. The term, coined by the influential American writer Jack Ker ouac and first published by John Clellon Holmes in his novel Go, is derived both from the notion of being beaten, down… … Contemporary slang
beatnik — beat·nik … English syllables
Beatnik — Beat|nik 〈[bi:tnık] m. 6〉 Vertreter der Beatgeneration [engl.; zu Beat + jidd., urspr. russ. nik „jmd., der zu etwas, zu jmdm. gehört“] * * * Beat|nik [ bi:tnɪk ], der; [s], s [engl. beatnik, geb. mit dem jidd. Suffix nik, das die Zugehörigkeit… … Universal-Lexikon
beatnik — beat·nik s.m. e f.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} beat {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1961. ETIMO: der. di beat beat con il suff. yiddish nik dedito a … Dizionario italiano
beatnik — beat•nik [[t]ˈbit nɪk[/t]] n. 1) soc (sometimes cap.) a member of the Beat Generation 2) soc a person who rejects or avoids conventional behavior, dress, etc • Etymology: 1955–60, amer … From formal English to slang
Beatnik — Beat|nik 〈[bi:t ] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 Angehöriger der Beatgeneration … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch