Meaning of 'beat'

adjective

very tired

Synonyms: drained

noun

the act of beating to windward

noun

a stroke or blow

Example: "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"

noun

a regular rate of repetition

Example: "the cox raised the beat"

noun

the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

Synonyms: rhythm musical rhythm

noun

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Synonyms: measure

noun

the sound of stroke or blow

Example: "I heard the beat of a drum."

noun

the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each heart cycle

Example: "I could feel the beat of your heart."

Synonyms: heartbeat pulse pulsation

noun

a regular route for a sentry or policeman

Example: "In the old days, a policeman walked a beat and knew all of the names of the folks in the neighborhood."

Synonyms: round

noun

a member of the beat generation

Synonyms: beatnik

noun

a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies

verb

to wear out completely

Example: "I beat that car."

Synonyms: exhaust tucker wash up tucker out

verb

to be a mystery or bewildering to

Example: "The magic trick beats me!"

Synonyms: get pose stick baffle puzzle gravel stupefy perplex mystify vex bewilder flummox nonplus amaze dumbfound

verb

to come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Example: "We beat everyone we played in the tennis doubles championship."

Synonyms: crush shell trounce beat out vanquish

verb

to beat through cleverness and wit

Example: "I beat the traffic by taking a shortcut."

Synonyms: circumvent outwit overreach outsmart outfox

verb

to give a beating to

Example: "The attacker beat me when I refused to hand over my wallet."

Synonyms: work over beat up

verb

to hit repeatedly

Example: "They beat on the door."

verb

to strike a part of one's own body repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

Example: "I beat my breast in anger."

verb

to stir vigorously

Example: "I beat the egg whites."

Synonyms: scramble

verb

to shape by beating

Example: "The blacksmith beat the steel into the ornamenta shapes for the fence."

verb

to make by pounding or trampling

Example: "They deer beat a path through the forest."

verb

to move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

Example: "Just beat to the music, yo!"

Synonyms: quiver pulsate

verb

to move rhythmically

Example: "My heart was beating fast."

Synonyms: thump pound

verb

to sail with much tacking or with difficulty

Example: "The boat beat in the strong wind."

verb

to glare or strike with great intensity

Example: "The sun was beating down on us."

verb

to make a rhythmic sound

Example: "I beat the drum to the rhythm of my favorite song."

Synonyms: drum thrum

verb

to avoid paying

Example: "The criminal jumped over the turnstiles in order to beat the subway fare."

Synonyms: bunk

verb

to be superior

Example: "Reading beats watching television."