Meaning

• Verb

  1. to beat, to hit
  2. to beat, to whip (e.g. cream)
  3. to mint (produce coins); to forge metal
  4. to beat (to be better than someone else in something)
  5. to fire, to shoot
  6. to damage, to tarnish
  7. to slaughter, to kill an animal
  8. to beat (a rhythm, such as on a drum or of the heart)
  9. to ring (of a sound)
  10. to take, to capture a piece (e.g. in chess)
  11. to beat, to hit oneself
  12. to fight (either physically or in some other competition)

• Noun