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Pronunciation

biːtbiːt

Definitions

  1. noun

    A stroke; a blow.

  2. noun

    A pulsation or throb.

    "a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse"

  3. noun

    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. noun

    A rhythm.

  5. noun

    The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency

  6. noun

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

  7. noun

    The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.

  8. noun

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

  9. noun

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

  10. noun

    That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.

    "the beat of him"

  11. noun

    A precinct.

  12. noun

    A place of habitual or frequent resort.

  13. noun

    A low cheat or swindler.

    "a dead beat"

  14. noun

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

  15. noun

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

  16. noun

    A smart tap on the adversary's blade.

  17. verb

    To hit; strike

    "As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled."

  18. verb

    To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.

    "He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque."

  19. verb

    To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.

  20. verb

    To move with pulsation or throbbing.

  21. verb

    To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.

    "I just can't seem to beat the last level of this video game."

  22. verb

    To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.

  23. verb

    To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.

  24. verb

    To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.

    "Beat the eggs and whip the cream."

  25. verb

    (In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price

    "He wanted $50 for it, but I managed to beat him down to $35."

  26. verb

    To indicate by beating or drumming.

    "to beat a retreat; to beat to quarters"

  27. verb

    To tread, as a path.

  28. verb

    To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.

  29. verb

    To be in agitation or doubt.

  30. verb

    To make a sound when struck.

    "The drums beat."

  31. verb

    To make a succession of strokes on a drum.

    "The drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters."

  32. verb

    To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.

  33. verb

    To arrive at a place before someone.

    "He beat me there."

  34. verb

    To have sexual intercourse.

    "Bruv, she came in just as we started to beat."

  35. verb

    To rob.

    "He beat me out of 12 bucks last night."

  36. adjective

    Exhausted

    "After the long day, she was feeling completely beat."

  37. adjective

    Dilapidated, beat up

    "Dude, you drive a beat car like that and you ain’t gonna get no honeys."

  38. adjective

    Fabulous

    "Her makeup was beat!"

  39. adjective

    Boring

  40. adjective

    (of a person) ugly

  41. noun

    A beatnik.

Related Words

Same Letters

  • abate
  • abet
  • bate
  • beta

Synonyms

  • doit
  • getiton
  • havesex
  • shag
  • hammer
  • knock
  • pound
  • strike
  • whack
  • negotiate
  • fantabulosa

Daily Appearances

2026-07-04

Verified answer

1 pts

B + A E H I L T