Beatles
pronunciation
How to pronounce Beatles in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce Beatles in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- a rock group from Liverpool who between 1962 and 1970 produced a variety of hit songs and albums (most of it written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon)
Word Origin
- Beatles (n.)
- seminal rock and pop group formed in Liverpool, England; named as such 1960 (after a succession of other names), supposedly by then-bassist Stuart Sutcliffe, from beetles (on model of Buddy Holly's band The Crickets) with a pun on the musical sense of beat. Their global popularity dates to 1963.
Example
- 1. One young woman wore a beatles t-shirt ; another sported a small tattoo .
- 2. Above the beatles pictured in london in 1965 .
- 3. Her new album covers some old beatles classics .
- 4. In 1969 , the beatles stepped outside their abbey road studio and made a street famous .
- 5. That the rift between the beatles , evolved with much public angst was a pity but this is not a perfect world is it ?