Beat ¹

Definition: of Beat

Beat ²

Definition: of Beat

Beat ³

Definition: To punish by blows; to thrash.

Beat ⁴

Definition: To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game.

Beat ⁵

Definition: To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.

Beat ⁶

Definition: To tread, as a path.

Beat ⁷

Definition: To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass.

Beat ⁸

Definition: To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; often with out.

Beat ⁹

Definition: To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.

Beat ¹⁰

Definition: To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc.

Beat ¹¹

Definition: To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.

Beat ¹²

Definition: To move with pulsation or throbbing.

Beat ¹³

Definition: To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.

Beat ¹⁴

Definition: To be in agitation or doubt.

Beat ¹⁵

Definition: To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse.

Beat ¹⁶

Definition: To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.

Beat ¹⁷

Definition: To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.

Beat ¹⁸

Definition: To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.

Beat ¹⁹

Definition: A stroke; a blow.

Beat ²⁰

Definition: A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse.

Beat ²¹

Definition: The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit.

Beat ²²

Definition: A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament.

Beat ²³

Definition: A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i.,

Beat ²⁴

Definition: A place of habitual or frequent resort.

Beat ²⁵

Definition: A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat.

Beat ²⁶

Definition: Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted.

beat ²⁷

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

beat ²⁸

Definition: a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"

beat ²⁹

Definition: a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat"

beat ³⁰

Definition: the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"

beat ³¹

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

beat ³²

Definition: the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum"

beat ³³

Definition: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"

beat ³⁴

Definition: a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"

beat ³⁵

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

beat ³⁶

Definition: 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

beat ³⁷

Definition: wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I''m beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"

beat ³⁸

Definition: 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"

beat ³⁹

Definition: 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"

beat ⁴⁰

Definition: beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"

beat ⁴¹

Definition: 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"

beat ⁴²

Definition: hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"

beat ⁴³

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

beat ⁴⁴

Definition: 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"

beat ⁴⁵

Definition: stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"

beat ⁴⁶

Definition: shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares"

beat ⁴⁷

Definition: produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum"

beat ⁴⁸

Definition: make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest"

beat ⁴⁹

Definition: move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"

beat ⁵⁰

Definition: move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"

beat ⁵¹

Definition: indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm"

beat ⁵²

Definition: sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind"

beat ⁵³

Definition: move with a flapping motion; "The bird''s wings were flapping"

beat ⁵⁴

Definition: move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"

beat ⁵⁵

Definition: glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us"

beat ⁵⁶

Definition: make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"

beat ⁵⁷

Definition: make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"

beat ⁵⁸

Definition: avoid paying; "beat the subway fare"

beat ⁵⁹

Definition: be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!"