beat in English

verb

1

strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, usually with an implement such as a club or whip.

a woman whose husband would frequently beat her after becoming drunk

synonyms: hit, strike, batter, thump, bang, hammer, punch, knock, thrash, pound, pummel, slap, smack, rain blows on, assault, attack, abuse, cudgel, club, birch, wallop, belt, whup, bash, whack, thwack, clout, clobber, slug, tan, bop, sock, deck, plug, beat the living daylights out of, chastise

2

defeat (someone) in a game, competition, election, or commercial venture.

she beat him easily at chess

synonyms: defeat, conquer, win against, get the better of, vanquish, trounce, rout, overpower, overcome, subdue, lick, thrash, whip, wipe the floor with, clobber, cream, shellac, skunk

3

succeed in getting somewhere ahead of (someone).

I could beat him on my bicycle

4

(of the heart) pulsate.

her heart beat faster with panic

5

(of a bird) move (the wings) up and down.

The little hummingbirds beat their wings faster and their flight is even more graceful than normal.

synonyms: flap, flutter, thresh, thrash, wave, vibrate, oscillate

6

stir (cooking ingredients) vigorously with a fork, whisk, or beater to make a smooth or frothy mixture.

Next, beat ingredients for the cream cheese layer until smooth.

synonyms: whisk, mix, blend, whip

7

leave.

now beat it, will you!

8

sail into the wind, following a zigzag course with repeated tacking.

we beat southward all that first day

noun

1

a main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry.

the glissando begins on the second beat

2

an area allocated to a police officer to patrol.

a patrolman who strived to make his beat a safe one

synonyms: circuit, round, route, way, path

3

a brief pause or moment of hesitation, typically one lasting a specified length.

she waited for a beat of three seconds

adjective

1

completely exhausted.

I'm dead beat

2

of or relating to the beat generation or its philosophy.

beat poet Allen Ginsberg

verb

hit, strike, batter, thump, bang, hammer, punch, knock, thrash, pound, pummel, slap, smack, rain blows on, assault, attack, abuse, cudgel, club, birch, wallop, belt, whup, bash, whack, thwack, clout, clobber, slug, tan, bop, sock, deck, plug, beat the living daylights out of, chastise
break on/upon/against, dash against, lash against, strike, lap (upon), wash against, splash on/upon/against, roll upon, plash upon/against, lave against
hammer, forge, form, shape, mold, work, stamp, fashion, model
pulsate, pulse, palpitate, vibrate, throb, pump, pound, thump, thud, hammer, drum, pitter-patter
flap, flutter, thresh, thrash, wave, vibrate, oscillate
whisk, mix, blend, whip
tread, tramp, trample, wear, flatten, press down
defeat, conquer, win against, get the better of, vanquish, trounce, rout, overpower, overcome, subdue, lick, thrash, whip, wipe the floor with, clobber, cream, shellac, skunk
surpass, exceed, better, improve on, go one better than, eclipse, transcend, top, trump, cap
nonplus, get, baffle, bewilder, puzzle, perplex, amaze, dumbfound, stick, flummox, mystify, gravel, vex, pose, stupefy
crush, shell, beat out, vanquish, trounce
flap
exhaust, tucker out, tucker, wash up
tick, ticktock
pound, thump
work over, beat up
drum, thrum
quiver, pulsate
scramble
outsmart, outfox, outwit, overreach, circumvent
bunk

noun

rhythm, pounding, pulse, circuit, round, pulsation, beatnik, cadence
rhythm, pulse, meter, time, measure, cadence, stress, accent
pounding, banging, thumping, thudding, booming, hammering, battering, crashing
pulse, pulsating, vibration, throb, palpitation, reverberation, pounding, thump, thud, hammering, drumming, pitter-patter
circuit, round, route, way, path
round
pulsation, pulse, heartbeat
beatnik
cadence, measure, meter
rhythm

adjective

bushed
bushed, dead, all in

Use "beat" in a sentence

1. Beat synonyms, Beat pronunciation, Beat translation, English dictionary definition of Beat

2. Verb (used with object), Beat, Beat·en or Beat, Beat·ing

3. Beat, beat·en (bēt′n) or beat, beat·ing, Beats v.tr

4. Verb (used without object), Beat, Beat·en or Beat, Beat·ing.

5. Beat up synonyms, Beat up pronunciation, Beat up translation, English dictionary definition of Beat up

6. In atrial Bigeminy a premature atrial beat beat follows each sinus beat

7. Adaptive beat-to-beat heart rate estimation in Ballistocardiograms

8. Atrial Beat an ectopic Beat originating in an atrium

9. - Beat Not Babied Work Hard Wheel Harder @Beat

10. Here is a basic two beat rhythm with a main beat and an opposing off beat.

11. 4 synonyms for Beat up: work over, beat, drum up, rally

12. Beat the drums

13. Adaptive heartbeat modelling for beat-to-beat heart rate measurement in Ballistocardiograms.

14. Standard beat cops.

15. Beat it, brat!

16. Bigeminy — every other beat is a PAC. Trigeminy — every third beat is a PAC. Quadrigeminy — every fourth beat is a PAC

17. Don't beat yourself up.

18. Bumbaste (v.) (1) To beat on the posteriors; hence, to flog, beat soundly, thrash

19. Or we can combine a two beat rhythm with a three beat one.

20. The sun beat down .

21. He beat his rival.

22. Bumbaste (v.) (1) To beat on the posteriors; hence, to flog, beat soundly, thrash

23. Beat up From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Beat up phrasal verb 1 beat somebody ↔ up to hurt someone badly by hitting them Her boyfriend got drunk and beat her up

24. Uptown, downtown Turn the beat around town Hip hopping, diddy beat Bopping There's no stopping to the sound Of the New York City beat

25. Battue translate: manhunt, beat

26. Right on the beat.

27. Hey, you look beat.

28. His heart beat erratically.

29. For that, we need at least one opposing beat with a different sound, which can be the unstressed off beat or the accented back beat.

30. This is the British English definition of Beat up.View American English definition of Beat up.

31. Acciaccaturas now play back correctly - before the beat - and appoggiaturas play back on the beat

32. I'll beat you to death

33. Does it beat water balloon?

34. He beat her hands down.

35. The grandfather clock beat midnight.

36. Astrocreeper30 added the project Beat up SCRATCH CAT 4.0 (the 4th Beat up) 8:49 p.m

37. 63 synonyms for Clobber: batter, beat, assault, smash, bash, lash, thrash, pound, beat up, wallop

38. What does Beat mean? To Beat is to win, or to arrive first for something

39. He sure had me beat.

40. The rain beat unrelentingly down.

41. The metronome vibrated the beat.

42. Bounce definition is - beat, bump

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44. He didn't beat the Hound.

45. I beat down the price .

46. I must beat the tide.

47. Don't beat about the bush.

48. Beat up the men quickly.

49. The sun beat down mercilessly.

50. They beat us fair dinkum.