Definition of Beat

Noun

• the act of beating to windward
  sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
  
• a stroke or blow
  "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
  
• a regular rate of repetition
  "the cox raised the beat"
  
• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  meter metre measure cadence
• the sound of stroke or blow
  "he heard the beat of a drum"
  
• a member of the beat generation
  a nonconformist in dress and behavior
  beatnik
• a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies
  has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
  
• the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
  "the piece has a fast rhythm"
  "the conductor set the beat"
  rhythm - musical rhythm
• the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
  "he could feel the beat of her heart"
  pulse pulsation heartbeat
• a regular route for a sentry or policeman
  "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
  round

Verb

• wear out completely
  "This kind of work exhausts me"
  "I'm beat"
  "He was all washed up after the exam"
  exhaust - wash up tucker - tucker out
• be a mystery or bewildering to
  "This beats me!"
  "Got me--I don't know the answer!"
  "a vexing problem"
  "This question really stuck me"
  perplex vex stick get puzzle mystify baffle pose bewilder flummox stupefy nonplus gravel amaze dumbfound
• beat through cleverness and wit
  "I beat the traffic"
  "She outfoxed her competitors"
  outwit overreach outsmart outfox circumvent
• strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
  
• produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
  "beat the drum"
  
• make by pounding or trampling
  "beat a path through the forest"
  
• move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
  "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
  pulsate quiver
• indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
  "Beat the rhythm"
  
• move with a flapping motion
  "The bird's wings were flapping"
  flap
• make a sound like a clock or a timer
  "the clocks were ticking"
  "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
  tick ticktock ticktack
• avoid paying
  "beat the subway fare"
  bunk
• be superior
  "Reading beats watching television"
  "This sure beats work!"
  
• strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
  "beat one's breast"
  "beat one's foot rhythmically"
  
• stir vigorously
  "beat the egg whites"
  "beat the cream"
  scramble
• sail with much tacking or with difficulty
  "The boat beat in the strong wind"
  
• move with a thrashing motion
  "The bird flapped its wings"
  "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
  flap
• glare or strike with great intensity
  "The sun was beating down on us"
  
• make a rhythmic sound
  "Rain drummed against the windshield"
  "The drums beat all night"
  drum thrum
• shape by beating
  "beat swords into ploughshares"
  
• move rhythmically
  "Her heart was beating fast"
  pound thump
• hit repeatedly
  "beat on the door"
  "beat the table with his shoe"
  
• give a beating to
  subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
  "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"
  "The teacher used to beat the students"
  - beat up - work over
• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
  "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"
  "We beat the competition"
  "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
  - beat out crush shell trounce vanquish

Adjective

• very tired
  "was all in at the end of the day"
  "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"
  "bushed after all that exercise"
  "I'm dead after that long trip"
  - all in bushed dead

Word games points for the Beat

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Unscramble beat

21 unscramble word found using the letters beat.

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