BEAT
Definition of BEAT
- (verb)come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- (verb)give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
- (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
- (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; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
- (noun)a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- (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; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
- (adj)very tired