Usually means: Cheerful, optimistic, positive mood enhancer.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. upbeat: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. upbeat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. upbeat: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. upbeat: Collins English Dictionary
  5. upbeat: Vocabulary.com
  6. Upbeat, upbeat: Wordnik
  7. upbeat: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. upbeat: Wiktionary
  9. upbeat: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. upbeat: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. upbeat: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. upbeat: Dictionary.com
  13. upbeat (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. upbeat: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. The Upbeat, Upbeat (TV program), Upbeat (TV series), Upbeat (album), Upbeat (disambiguation), Upbeat (music), Upbeat: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. upbeat: Rhymezone
  17. upbeat: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. upbeat: Free Dictionary
  19. upbeat: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. upbeat: Dictionary/thesaurus
  21. upbeat: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Upbeat (music), upbeat: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. UPBEAT: Acronym Finder

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. upbeat: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. upbeat: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat.
adjective:  Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.
noun:  An unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase.

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