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D-beat is a drum beat, specifically a fast rock beat unique to Hardcore Punk, especially in its UK and European variants. Its name is derived from the British band Discharge, as the best-known use of this style can be attributed to their drummer Terry/Tezz. All over the world, D-beat has a cult following and has developed most heavily in Scandinavia, Japan, and Brazil. It is a contemporary term most common outside North America. D-beat bands almost exclusively have anti-war, anarchist messages and closely follow the bleak nuclear-war imagery of 1980s Crust punk bands, often to the point that you can tell a D-beat record by its exact imitation of Discharge album covers.
Discharge, Disclose, Anti-Cimex, and World Burns to Death are examples of D-Beat bands.
d-beat by HP Morton April 12, 2006
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Short for Discharge beat. This extremely influential band created the insanely popular and infinitely mimicked d-beat, roughly tabbed below:
S:|--x---x---x---x-:||
K:|o--o-o--o--o-o--:||

It's meant to be played blazingly fast.
Meanwhile is a d-beat band.
d-beat by Eric April 14, 2005
Short for Discharge Beat. Obviously came from Discharge. Bands include Discharge, Doom, Tampere SS, etc.
Did you hear that new Finnish D-Beat band, they're fucking gnarly?!
d-beat by KFC March 28, 2004
A form of punk derived from UK82.

Short for Discharge beat or down beat (depeneding on who you ask), whatever the technical definition, d-beat still refers to the same thing, which is shredding guitar, sparsed vocals (often about the destruction of mankind/the earth) and the d-beat.

D-beat bands include Discharge, Disclose, Anti-Cimex, and Wolfbrigade. D-beat is also closely associated with Swedish, Finnish, and Japanese Hardcore bands such as Gauze, The Black Uniforms, and Tampere SS.

D-beat fashion is all black, with band shirts that printed with white lettering. Black charged haircuts, black stretch jeans, multiple studded belts topped off with a bullet belt is pretty standard on a d-beat kid. Also, headbands of various types are often worn(usually to help keep up the charged haircut).
D-beat is basically crust punk without the hippie part.
d-beat by Andrew Apocalypse July 31, 2005

I'd Beat 

A term used when talking about a hot girl to a freind.
Often mistaken with masturbating, "beat" in this instance
means the same thing as "fuck".
Yo, I'd beat that chick so hard!
I don't care if she's too _______, I'd still beat!
Yo, would you beat? --Hell yeah!
I'd Beat by Tom13 April 19, 2007

I'd Beat 

To Have Sexual relations with, To make love to in a rough and dirty way.
Kyle: That girl is hot, I would fuck her.
Trevor: Yeah i'd beat
Kyle: Fo sho
I'd Beat by Trev dog August 12, 2010

I’d beat 

A comment used to inform people that you would have sexual relations with said person
She’s ugly but her pussy is good, I’d beat.
I’d beat by Licky meballs May 24, 2018