Beat
nounAdjective
very tired
“so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere”
Noun
a regular route for a sentry or policeman
“in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name”
Similar:RoundType of:RouteItineraryPaththe rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
“he could feel the beat of her heart”
the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
“the conductor set the beat”
Similar:Rhythma regular rate of repetition
“the cox raised the beat”
Type of:PaceRatea stroke or blow
“the signal was two beats on the steam pipe”
Type of:Strokethe sound of stroke or blow
“he heard the beat of a drum”
Type of:Sounda member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
Similar:BeatnikType of:RecusantNonconformist(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
Type of:VibrationOscillationthe act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
Type of:Sailing
Verb
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
“Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship”
“We beat the competition”
stir vigorously
“beat the egg whites”
“beat the cream”
make a rhythmic sound
“The drums beat all night”
Type of:SoundGoavoid paying
“beat the subway fare”
Similar:BunkType of:ChiselCheatmove rhythmically
“Her heart was beating fast”
Type of:Movebe a mystery or bewildering to
“This beats me!”
wear out completely
“I'm beat”
Type of:TireFagOutwearmake a sound like a clock or a timer
“the grandfather clock beat midnight”
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
“Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night”
“The teacher used to beat the students”
move with a thrashing motion
“The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky”
Similar:FlapType of:MoveDisplacebeat through cleverness and wit
“I beat the traffic”
Type of:OutstripExceedOutdobe superior
“Reading beats watching television”
“This sure beats work!”
Type of:Behit repeatedly
“beat on the door”
“beat the table with his shoe”
Type of:Strikestrike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
“beat one's breast”
“beat one's foot rhythmically”
Type of:Strikeglare or strike with great intensity
“The sun was beating down on us”
Type of:Glaremake by pounding or trampling
“beat a path through the forest”
Type of:CreateMakeproduce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
“beat the drum”
Type of:Playsail with much tacking or with difficulty
“The boat beat in the strong wind”
Type of:Sailshape by beating
“beat swords into ploughshares”
Type of:FormMouldMoldmove with a flapping motion
Similar:FlapType of:Movemove with or as if with a regular alternating motion
Type of:Moveindicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
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