(noun) a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel
(noun) a briefaccount of something interesting that happened especially to one personally
(noun) a report of recent events or facts not previously known
Definitions for Beats
(noun) a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress ; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)