beat

Meaning

Noun

1. A stroke; a blow.
2. A pulsation or throb.
3. 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.
4. A rhythm.
5. A rhythm.
6. The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
7. The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
8. A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
9. An area of a person's responsibility, especially
10. An area of a person's responsibility, especially
11. An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.
12. (colloquial) That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.
13. A precinct.
14. A place of habitual or frequent resort.
15. A place of habitual or frequent resort.
16. A low cheat or swindler.
17. The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
18. A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
19. (slang) A makeup look; compare beat one's face.

Verb

1. To hit; to strike.
2. To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
3. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
4. To move with pulsation or throbbing.
5. To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
6. To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
7. To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
8. To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
9. To persuade the seller to reduce a price.
10. To indicate by beating or drumming.
11. To tread, as a path.
12. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
13. To be in agitation or doubt.
14. To make a sound when struck.
15. To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
16. To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and lesser intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations not perfectly in unison.
17. To arrive at a place before someone.
18. (slang) To have sexual intercourse.
19. (slang) To rob; to cheat or scam.

Verb

1. simple past tense of beat
2. (colloquial) past participle of beat

Adj

1. (slang) Exhausted.
2. (slang) Dilapidated, beat up.
3. Having impressively attractive makeup.
4. (slang) Boring.
5. (slang) Ugly.

Adj

Relating to the Beat Generation.

Concepts

beat

strike

hit

defeat

pound

thrash

knock

whip

throb

flog

overcome

pulse

lash

win

rhythm

conquer

thump

bang

hammer

vanquish

punch

pulsate

batter

flap

attack

slap

crush

beat up

smite

blow

kill

smash

smack

palpitate

thresh

scourge

beat out

pulsation

break

clap

tempo

drum

stroke

swing

drub

punish

trounce

heartbeat

belabour

wallop

excel

surpass

subdue

spank

cudgel

outdo

tap

shake

play

bash

fight

overthrow

best

club

round

stir

box

exist

belt

throw

throbbing

scramble

paddle

chop

surmount

exceed

palpitation

clobber

meter

shell

work over

bunk

cadence

knock down

hit repeatedly

beating

catch

stub

brandish

fling

flourish

wag

wave

wave about

whirl

wield

lap

exhaust

hack

shoot

slaughter

win over

outclass

scold

cane

assault

time

upset

cut

maul

pommel

buffet

lick

tick

bewilder

get

mystify

perplex

outsmart

thrum

musical rhythm

measure

beatnik

welt

dash

eclipse

churn

overpower

pulverize

stay

tear

thump out

make

pulsating

attain

encounter

find

run across

run up against

score

cream

fly

slam

crash

shock

agitate

arouse

incite

stir up

plash

splash

demolish

slay

outscore

outshine

tack

toss

castigate

discipline

chastise

slug

floor

close

end

dust

ring

gain a victory

triumph over

triumph

fight for

hitting

pat

swat

baste

flutter

lace

impact

pummel

whale

tucker

tucker out

wash up

amaze

baffle

dumbfound

flummox

gravel

nonplus

pose

puzzle

stick

stupefy

vex

circumvent

outfox

outwit

overreach

quiver

ticktack

ticktock

all in

bushed

dead

metre

flagellate

lambaste

larrup

paste

shellac

slog

obtain victory over

bludgeon

abuse

compete

nail

whop

form

outplay

vibration

patrol

quash

shatter

outmatch

kick

cause

thud

pestle

pounder

pulverizer

smasher

hit hard

iron

thunder

crunch

hew

strum

circuit

biff

drive

jab

strike down

whack

clout

percussion

quell

luff

bat

ram

top

poke

shot

beat down

lam

blink

nictate

whisk

scoop

torture

scutch

swingle

throw down

pound on

select

fight with fists

applaud

coin

duel

fan

retreat

scour

scuffle

appal

horrify

abase

appease

assuage

breakdown

butcher

calm

cover

cut off

depress

dig up

discourage

dishearten

down

drop

enervate

enfeeble

excavate

go through

grub

humiliate

liquidate

mortify

pass through

pull down

quiet

quiten

shoot dead

soothe

still

tackle

take down

tranquilize

use up

weaken

dominate

override

predominate

beat up against the wind

tack about

cross

go beyond

rebuke

paraphrase

temporize

get the better of

give it to

let someone have it

knock around

condemn

sentence

cuff

lay hands on

move about

whisk away

play on

drooping

rung nera lko

come

drop under

begin

hammer out

set out

work out

drive at full speed

let go off

not partake

cut a swath

mow down

sweep off one’s feet

chime

snort

sound

do away with

finish off

gain a point

be victorious

shave

bear down on

break through

force one’s way into

make a raid upon

penetrate

wade through

compete for

contend

contest

vie

hammering

pierce

stab

struck

triumphed over

exhausted

whip overwhelm

tremble

vibrate

outperform

overwhelm

rout

click

clock-tick

give a thrashing

police beat

dash against

strike at

trembling

beat unmercifully

clapperclaw

curry

do

feeze

haze

lather

leather

mill

patch

pit-a-pat

rough

soak

sock

swinge

tank

warm

rap

clash

rule over

be above

live longer than

out-do

out-grow

out-leap

out-live

out-run

over-top

master

prevail over

bear

contradict

convulse

knock at a door

knock on

ferule

assert oneself

aggress

assail

beset

come at

have at

lash out

set on

clack

ictus

beat off

pitapat

sentry go

hurt

wound

style

shiver

squelch

cap

outrival

outweigh

overmatch

embarrass

beat tone

beetle

bob

tact

run-out

bounce

hopping

jitter

jitterbug

jump

jumping

motion

stagger

frequency deviation

frequency difference

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shake out

stamp

rounds

battue

bang against

shard

pull away from

ahead of

precede

be in

break to pieces

more than

mix

cut wood

make sound

broken

pelt

cut down

fell

knock off

bag

outdistance

leave someone trailing

extent

area

compass

demesne

district

domain

dominion

field

ground

parcel

parcel of land

piece of ground

piece of land

precinct

premises

region

section

soil

sphere

territorial dominion

territory

tract

yard

zone

bang out

break up

deck

hew out

lumber

pick

whomp

abash

bemuse

confuse

dazzle

discombobulate

discomfit

disconcert

disorient

excite

fuddle

mix up

muddle

obscure

riddle

roil

shake up

stimulate

stump

unsettle

get hold of

knap

pick up

pull

strike hard

visit

whang

bump

campaign

concussion

impingement

knockdown

thrust

clunking

thumping

din

circle

frame

perambulation

revolution

receipt

interrupt

overmaster

reduce

closing curtain

death

demise

doom

dying

ending

finale

finis

finish

gone

passing

period

tail

termination

windup

point

carom

mint

racket

stamp out

worst

capture

block

mold

sculpture

shape

turn

tap out

tip

snuff out

rataplan

roll

rub-a-dub

shrilling

speak

betray

cheat

cheat on

cozen

deceive

double cross

fail

give way

go back on

hornswoggle

let down

sell

sell out

short

two-time

belabor

brutalise

blink away

palpebrate

heart rate

bar

forge

work

shift

spell

trick

approach

rival

carry

have the best

letter

outgo

pip

prevail

sack

take

transcend

put upside down

brush off

subvert

musical time

cadency

intonation

accrue

acquire

attract

canvass

earn

earn a living

enlist

enrol

enroll

gain

obtain

profit

rally

reach

recruit

secure

woo

bang on

destroy

mark out

trample down

lash out at

eliminate

eradicate

exterminate

obliterate

wipe out

leave behind

get advantage over

smash repeatedly

boot

dreek

joe mack

tamp

go

rough up

have

peal

toll

baton

tread

go one better

gather

pass

succeed

play instrument

failure

lose

foil

stop

scomfit

beat a drum

fix

victory

lashes

pig

compete with

strangle

fist

stretch

hold

big

in

on

rise above

Pronounced as (IPA)

/biːt/

Etymology

From Middle English beten, from Old English bēatan (“to beat, pound, strike, lash, dash, thrust, hurt, injure”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to push, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to hit, strike”).
Compare Old Irish fo·botha (“he threatened”), Latin confutō (“I strike down”), fūstis (“stick, club”), Albanian bahe (“sling”), Lithuanian baudžiù, Old Armenian բութ (butʻ)).