Beat

Word BEAT
Character 4
Hyphenation beat
Pronunciations /biːt/

Definitions and meanings of "Beat"

What do we mean by beat?

To strike repeatedly. intransitive verb

To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse; batter. intransitive verb

To punish by hitting or whipping; flog. intransitive verb

To strike against repeatedly and with force; pound. intransitive verb

To flap (wings, for example). intransitive verb

To strike so as to produce music or a signal. intransitive verb

To mark or count (time or rhythm), especially with the hands or with a baton. intransitive verb

To shape or break by repeated blows; forge. intransitive verb

To make by pounding or trampling. intransitive verb

To mix rapidly with a utensil. intransitive verb

To defeat or subdue, as in a contest. synonym: defeat. intransitive verb

To force to withdraw or retreat. intransitive verb

To dislodge from a position. intransitive verb

To be superior to or better than. intransitive verb

To perplex or baffle. intransitive verb

A stroke; a blow.

A pulsation or throb.

A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.

A rhythm.

The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency

(authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect; a plot point or story development.

The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.

(by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially

An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.

That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.

A precinct.

A place of habitual or frequent resort.

A low cheat or swindler.

The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.

The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.

A smart tap on the adversary's blade.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Beat

The word "beat" in example sentences

Punch's eye was still glued to the opening, he saw the soldiers turn rightabout face, disappear through the open doorway, and then, _beat, beat, beat_, the sound of marching began again, this time to die slowly away, and he looked and listened till the pressure of Pen's hand upon his arm grew almost painful. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

I next inquired of a watchman, who said there was no place upon his beat; but _beat_ was Gaelic to me; and I repeated my inquiry to another, who directed me towards the hells of Saffron Hill. ❋ Alexander Leighton (1837)

The word beat through her brain, both a paradise and a churning storm. ❋ Gena Showalter (2010)

As we look at this picture, I don't know if it comes across on TV, having been close to the shuttles many times, what you notice when you see them up close is how, well, you almost want to use the term beat up. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The Los Angeles Times takes a look at fun alternatives to jogging: Swiveling to the beat is all part of the fun at Hoopnotica — a company that make the hula hoop the central part of its fitness strategy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The fact that an officer could be in a Police station at the other end of the country and as long as he was dealing with an offender that had committed an offence on his patch it was counted as being on his beat is absolutely disgusting and a very cynical way of deliberatly manipulating statistics to mislead the public. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2010)

For them to put together such a great run then lose guys like Afinogenov, Drury, Briere, Spacek, Connolly, Kotalik, and Paul Gaustad and bring up players from Rochester that have never played in an NHL game and not lose a beat is amazing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even Ira might have smiled at that one — or maybe the self-referentiality of Run DMC: This beat is my recital; ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2008)

Lets face it the beat is a punishment posting these days to be on the vulgarity of 24/7 shifts and all that goes with it is no longer any fun. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2007)

Jay: eh ... the beat is a bit too erratic for me, and the vocals are a bit too repeditive. if they were both erratic, or both repeditive, i would have prefered it. i'll listen to some of their other stuff, im sure they have other songs, right? ❋ Unknown (2005)

Too many crackers on the beat is apparently A Bad Thing. ❋ Laban (2005)

"I believe it is what we call a beat, Miss Morgan." ❋ Unknown (1890)

Or at least that's what he calls the beat-up green pickup truck he drives, worth little more than the slew of pop cans lining the floor. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the afternoon I was still kind of beat from the suit study in the morning and I decided to not participate in any EVAs and take care of some other business. ❋ Unknown (2010)

John's "beat" is anthropogenic global warming (AGW), although he is entirely free to write about any subject that interests him. ❋ Unknown (2009)

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) Justine Henin beat Samantha Stosur 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 in the final of the Porsche Grand Prix on Sunday to capture her first title since coming out of retirement in January. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But then they famously "took the beat from the street and put it on TV." ❋ Unknown (2009)

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