beat

Definitions of beat in various dictionaries:

noun - a regular route for a sentry or policeman

noun - the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

noun - the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

noun - a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies

noun - a member of the beat generation

noun - the sound of stroke or blow

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

noun - a regular rate of repetition

noun - a stroke or blow

noun - the act of beating to windward

verb - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

verb - give a beating to

verb - hit repeatedly

verb - move rhythmically

verb - shape by beating

verb - make a rhythmic sound

verb - glare or strike with great intensity

verb - move with a thrashing motion

verb - sail with much tacking or with difficulty

verb - stir vigorously

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

verb - be superior

verb - avoid paying

verb - make a sound like a clock or a timer

verb - move with a flapping motion

verb - indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks

verb - move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

verb - make by pounding or trampling

verb - produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

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

verb - beat through cleverness and wit

verb - be a mystery or bewildering to

verb - wear out completely

adj - very tired

To strike repeatedly.

To punish by hitting or whipping; flog.

To strike against repeatedly and with force; pound: waves beating the shore.

To flap, especially wings.

To strike so as to produce music or a signal: beat a drum.

To mark or count (time or rhythm) with the hands or with a baton.

To shape or break by repeated blows; forge: beat the glowing metal into a dagger.

To make by pounding or trampling: beat a path through the jungle.

To mix rapidly with a utensil: beat two eggs in a bowl.

To defeat or subdue, as in a contest.

To force to withdraw or retreat: beat back the enemy.

To dislodge from a position: I beat him down to a lower price.

To be superior to or better than: Riding beats walking.

To perplex or baffle: It beats me; I don’t know the answer.

Informal.

To avoid or counter the effects of, often by thinking ahead; circumvent: beat the traffic.

To arrive or finish before (another): We beat you home by five minutes.

To deprive, as by craft or ability: He beat me out of 20 dollars with his latest scheme.

To inflict repeated blows.

To pulsate; throb.

To cause beating by superposing waves of different frequencies.

To emit sound when struck: The gong beat thunderously.

To strike a drum.

To flap repeatedly.

To be victorious or successful; win.

To hunt through woods or underbrush in search of game.

To sail in the direction from which the wind blows.

A stroke or blow, especially one that produces a sound or serves as a signal.

A pulsation or throb.

A pulsation produced by beating.

Music.

A regular, rhythmical unit of time.

The gesture used by a conductor to indicate this unit of time.

The symbol representing this unit of time.

The measured, rhythmical sound of verse; meter.

The area regularly covered by a reporter, a police officer, or a sentry: television’s culture beat.

The reporting of a news item obtained ahead of one’s competitors.

Wornout; fatigued.

Of, relating to, or being a beatnik: the beat generation.

To drive away.

To masturbate.

adj - to strike repeatedly [v BEAT, BEATEN, BEATING, BEATS] : BEATABLE