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.

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