Noun | 1. | beat - a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name" Synonyms: round |
2. | beat - the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart" | |
3. | ![]() Synonyms: musical rhythm, rhythm | |
4. | beat - 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 | |
5. | ![]() Synonyms: beatnik | |
6. | beat - the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum" | |
7. | beat - (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | |
8. | beat - a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat" | |
9. | beat - a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe" | |
10. | beat - the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing | |
Verb | 1. | beat - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" |
2. | beat - 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" | |
3. | beat - hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe" | |
4. | beat - move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" | |
5. | beat - shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares" | |
6. | beat - make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night" | |
7. | beat - glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us" | |
8. | beat - move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky" Synonyms: flap | |
9. | beat - sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind" | |
10. | beat - stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream" Synonyms: scramble | |
11. | beat - strike (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" | |
12. | beat - be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!" | |
13. | beat - avoid paying; "beat the subway fare" Synonyms: bunk | |
14. | beat - make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" | |
15. | beat - move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping" Synonyms: flap | |
16. | beat - indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm" | |
17. | beat - move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement" | |
18. | beat - make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest" | |
19. | beat - produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum" | |
20. | beat - strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting | |
21. | beat - beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" | |
22. | beat - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" | |
23. | beat - wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" | |
Adj. | 1. | beat - very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip" |