beat

Definition (noun): a regular route for a sentry or policeman

Example: in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name

Definition (noun): the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

Example: he could feel the beat of her heart

Definition (noun): the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

Example: the piece has a fast rhythm

Definition (noun): the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

Example: the conductor set the beat

Definition (noun): 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

Definition (noun): a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

Definition (noun): the sound of stroke or blow

Example: he heard the beat of a drum

Definition (noun): (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Definition (noun): a regular rate of repetition

Example: the cox raised the beat

Definition (noun): a stroke or blow

Example: the signal was two beats on the steam pipe

Definition (noun): the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

Definition (verb): come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Example: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship

Definition (verb): come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Example: We beat the competition

Definition (verb): come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Example: Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game

Definition (verb): give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

Example: Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night

Definition (verb): give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

Example: The teacher used to beat the students

Definition (verb): hit repeatedly

Example: beat on the door

Definition (verb): hit repeatedly

Example: beat the table with his shoe

Definition (verb): move rhythmically

Example: Her heart was beating fast

Definition (verb): shape by beating

Example: beat swords into ploughshares

Definition (verb): make a rhythmic sound

Example: Rain drummed against the windshield

Definition (verb): make a rhythmic sound

Example: The drums beat all night

Definition (verb): glare or strike with great intensity

Example: The sun was beating down on us

Definition (verb): move with a thrashing motion

Example: The bird flapped its wings

Definition (verb): move with a thrashing motion

Example: The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky

Definition (verb): sail with much tacking or with difficulty

Example: The boat beat in the strong wind

Definition (verb): stir vigorously

Example: beat the egg whites

Definition (verb): stir vigorously

Example: beat the cream

Definition (verb): strike (a part of one’s own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

Example: beat one’s breast

Definition (verb): strike (a part of one’s own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

Example: beat one’s foot rhythmically

Definition (verb): be superior

Example: Reading beats watching television

Definition (verb): be superior

Example: This sure beats work!

Definition (verb): avoid paying

Example: beat the subway fare

Definition (verb): make a sound like a clock or a timer

Example: the clocks were ticking

Definition (verb): make a sound like a clock or a timer

Example: the grandfather clock beat midnight

Definition (verb): move with a flapping motion

Example: The bird’s wings were flapping

Definition (verb): indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks

Example: Beat the rhythm

Definition (verb): move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

Example: the city pulsated with music and excitement

Definition (verb): make by pounding or trampling

Example: beat a path through the forest

Definition (verb): produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

Example: beat the drum

Definition (verb): strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

Definition (verb): beat through cleverness and wit

Example: I beat the traffic

Definition (verb): beat through cleverness and wit

Example: She outfoxed her competitors

Definition (verb): be a mystery or bewildering to

Example: This beats me!

Definition (verb): be a mystery or bewildering to

Example: Got me–I don’t know the answer!

Definition (verb): be a mystery or bewildering to

Example: a vexing problem

Definition (verb): be a mystery or bewildering to

Example: This question really stuck me

Definition (verb): wear out completely

Example: This kind of work exhausts me

Definition (verb): wear out completely

Example: I’m beat

Definition (verb): wear out completely

Example: He was all washed up after the exam

Definition (adjective): very tired

Example: was all in at the end of the day

Definition (adjective): very tired

Example: so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere

Definition (adjective): very tired

Example: bushed after all that exercise

Definition (adjective): very tired

Example: I’m dead after that long trip

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