hit, strike; hammer metal; defeat, finish before, do better than (in a contest, or race); stir rapidly (eggs, etc.)
strike; rhythm; tapping; pulse; usual territory, regular jurisdiction; "scoop", news story that is published earlier than in the rival newspapers (Journalism)
tired, exhausted (Slang); of a beatnik; sloppily dressed
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Beat Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
a pause; to take a break for the purposes of comic timing.
Beat Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted.
Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted.
(imp.)
of Beat
of Beat
(n.)
A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse.
A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse.
(n.)
A stroke; a blow.
A stroke; a blow.
(n.)
A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8.
A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8.
(n.)
A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament.
A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament.
(n.)
The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit.
The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit.
(p. p.)
of Beat
of Beat
(v. i.)
A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat.
A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat.
(v. i.)
A place of habitual or frequent resort.
A place of habitual or frequent resort.
(v. i.)
A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat.
A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat.
(v. i.)
To be in agitation or doubt.
To be in agitation or doubt.
(v. i.)
To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.
To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.
(v. i.)
To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.
To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.
(v. i.)
To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.
To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.
(v. i.)
To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse.
To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse.
(v. i.)
To move with pulsation or throbbing.
To move with pulsation or throbbing.
(v. i.)
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.
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.
(v. i.)
To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
(v. t.)
To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out.
To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out.
(v. t.)
To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.
To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.
(v. t.)
To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
(v. t.)
To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc.
To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc.
(v. t.)
To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass.
To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass.
(v. t.)
To punish by blows; to thrash.
To punish by blows; to thrash.
(v. t.)
To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game.
To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game.
(v. t.)
To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum.
To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum.
(v. t.)
To tread, as a path.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo tread, as a path.
beat
\beat\, n.
1. one that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him. [colloq.]
2. the act of one that beats a person or thing; as: (a) (newspaper cant) the act of obtaining and publishing a piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors; also, the news itself; a scoop. it's a beat on the whole country. (b) (hunting) the act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively. "driven out in the course of a beat." of sport. bears coming out of holes in the rocks at the last moment, when the beat is close to them. of sport. (c) (fencing) a smart tap on the adversary's blade.
beat
\beat\ (&?;), v. t. [imp. beat; p. p. beat, beaten (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. beating.] [oe. beaten, beten, as. be?tan; akin to icel. bauta, ohg. b&?;zan. cf. 1st butt, button.] 1. to strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum. thou shalt beat some of it [spices] very small. xxx. 36. they did beat the gold into thin plates. xxxix. 3.
2. to punish by blows; to thrash.
3. to scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game. to beat the woods, and rouse the bounding prey.
4. to dash against, or strike, as with water or wind. a frozen continent beat with perpetual storms.
5. to tread, as a path. pass awful gulfs, and beat my painful way. more.
6. to overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass. he beat them in a bloody battle. for loveliness, it would be hard to beat that. arnold.
7. to cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out. [colloq.]
8. to exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble. why should any one beat his head about the latin grammar who does not intend to be a critic?
9. (mil.) to give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. see alarm, charge, parley, etc.
similar words(27)
to beat up
to beat about the bush
to beat the dust
dead beat
dry-beat
to beat
to beat a parley
double-beat valve
to beat the hoof
beat up
to beat off
to beat into
to beat up for recruits
beat of drum
beat out
to-beat
to beat time
to beat down
to beat to a mummy
to beat out
to beat out of
to beat the wing
to beat about
beat of a watch
beat in
beat mold
to beat up and down
" exhausted; very tired (adj.)."
Meaning
To prevaricate and avoid coming to a conclusion.
Origin
From hunting, where huntsmen gingerly beat around bushes that might contain a dangerous quarry.
To prevaricate and avoid coming to a conclusion.
Origin
From hunting, where huntsmen gingerly beat around bushes that might contain a dangerous quarry.
Origin
From The Bible, Old Testament, Isaiah ii - They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more
From The Bible, Old Testament, Isaiah ii - They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more
Meaning
Rapidly withdraw from something.
Origin
From the early military practise of warning soldiers to withdraw by beating drums.
© 2004 The Phrase Finder. Take a look at Phrase Finder’s sister site, the Phrases Thesaurus, a subscription service for professional writers & language lovers.Rapidly withdraw from something.
Origin
From the early military practise of warning soldiers to withdraw by beating drums.
Baeddu = v. to beat, to make one dirty
Cnocio = v. to knock, to beat
Cur = n. a beat, a throb; care
Curo = v. to beat, to throb
Dambwyo = v. to beat about
Dyffustol = v. to beat
Dymguro = v. to beat mutually
Ffondorio = v. to beat with a stick, to cudgel
Ffusto = v. to beat, to bang
Gwialenodio = to beat with a rod
Pastynu = v. to beat with a staff
Pwy = n. a beat; a butt, adv. in advanced position, pron. who
Pwyo = v. to beat, to batter
Trachuro = v. to beat extremely
to flutter as a falcon, to meditate, consider earnestly
bate
1. public area where a street prostitute solicits; 2. public place where homosexual men frequent to pick up casual sexual partners; 3. criminal: be acquitted from a charge; 4. exhausted; worn out
shearers' slang: to run shears from one end of sheep to the other
not get to the point on a subject
(frequently in the imperative) to go away; depart
masturbate
masturbate
male homosexual who frequents beats
(crass) (of a male) to masturbate
beat convincingly
very, very ugly
baffles me; perplexes me
1. not cool; unpleasant or bad:"That party was kinda beat!"
2. phat, cool, bomb or great:"That board is beat"
2. phat, cool, bomb or great:"That board is beat"
Noun
1. a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
(synonym) round
(hypernym) path, route, itinerary
2. the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
(synonym) pulse, pulsation, heartbeat
(hypernym) periodic event, recurrent event
(hyponym) diastole
(derivation) pound, thump
3. the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"
(synonym) rhythm, musical rhythm
(hypernym) musical time
(hyponym) backbeat
(derivation) pound, thump
4. 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
(hypernym) oscillation, vibration
5. a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
(synonym) beatnik
(hypernym) nonconformist, recusant
(member-holonym) beat generation, beats, beatniks
6. the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum"
(hypernym) sound
(derivation) tick, ticktock, ticktack
7. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
(synonym) meter, metre, measure, cadence
(hypernym) poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody
(hyponym) catalexis
(classification) prosody, metrics
8. a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat"
(hypernym) pace, rate
(derivation) flap
9. a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
(hypernym) stroke
10. the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
(hypernym) sailing
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
(hypernym) get the better of, overcome, defeat
(hyponym) outpoint, outscore
(entail) win
(verb-group) outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, circumvent
(derivation) beating, whipping
2. 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"
(synonym) beat up, work over
(hyponym) strong-arm
(entail) hit
(derivation) beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
3. hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
(hypernym) strike
(hyponym) full
4. move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
(synonym) pound, thump
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) pulsate, throb, pulse
(derivation) rhythm, musical rhythm
5. shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares"
(hypernym) shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
(hyponym) forge, hammer
6. make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
(synonym) drum, thrum
(hypernym) sound, go
(derivation) rhythm, musical rhythm
7. glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us"
(hypernym) glare
8. move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
(synonym) flap
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) bate
(verb-group) flap
9. sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind"
(hypernym) sail
(classification) navigation, pilotage, piloting
10. stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"
(synonym) scramble
(hypernym) agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
(hyponym) whisk, whip
(derivation) beater
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation
11. 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"
(hypernym) strike
(derivation) rhythm, musical rhythm
12. be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!"
(hypernym) be
13. avoid paying; "beat the subway fare"
(synonym) bunk
(hypernym) cheat, rip off, chisel
14. make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
(synonym) tick, ticktock, ticktack
(hypernym) sound, go
15. move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"
(synonym) flap
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) flail, thresh
(verb-group) flap
16. indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm"
(hyponym) beat out, tap out, thump out
(verb-group) drum, thrum
(derivation) rhythm, musical rhythm
17. move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
(synonym) pulsate, quiver
(hypernym) move
(verb-group) pulsate, throb, pulse
18. make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest"
(hypernym) make, create
(entail) tread, trample
19. produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum"
(hypernym) play
(derivation) rhythm, musical rhythm
(classification) music
20. strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
21. beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
(synonym) outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, circumvent
(hypernym) surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
(verb-group) beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
22. 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"
(synonym) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
(hypernym) confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
(hyponym) stump, mix up
23. wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
(synonym) exhaust, wash up, tucker, tucker out
(hypernym) tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
(hyponym) frazzle
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) all in(p), beat(p), bushed(p), dead(p)
(similar) tired
(classification) colloquialism
Beat Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized
Fear of magic(wand)
Fear of magic(wand)
It bodes no good to dream of being beaten by an angry person; family jars and discord are signified.
To beat a child, ungenerous advantage is taken by you of another; perhaps the tendency will be to cruelly treat a child.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg ProjectTo beat a child, ungenerous advantage is taken by you of another; perhaps the tendency will be to cruelly treat a child.
Beat Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Beat may refer to:
Film
- Beat (filmmaking), the smallest unit of dramatic action in a play
- Beat (2000 film), a film about writer William Seward Burroughs
- Beat (1998 film), a 1998 Japanese film
- Directorial beat, an exchange of behavior between characters in a screenplay
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Swatch Internet Time (or beat time) is a decimal time concept introduced in 1998 and marketed by the Swatch corporation as an alternative, decimal measure of time. One of the goals was to simplify the way people in different time zones communicate about time, mostly by eliminating time zones altogether.
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Beat Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
Player 'A' is trying to block Player 'B.' When Player 'A' is unsuccessful and Player 'B'' gets by him, Player 'A' has been beat. This is not a good think for Player 'A' or his team. A 'beat' player is also someone who missing making a tackle on the ball carrier (SEE ABOVE).
To get the ball through or around an opponent by dribbling or shooting
Beat Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
as a noun, jazz time, the basic pulse; as an adjective, weary, exhausted.
Barry Ulanov
A steady, rhythmic pulse in music that establishes the tempo of the song.
Stanton Magnetics
A periodic variation of amplitude resulting from the addition of two slightly different frequencies. (Sound)
kuhsh-tor
Many scripts will use the parenthetical "(beat)" to interrupt a line of dialog. A "beat" suggests the actor should pause a moment, in silence, before continuing the scene. "Beats" are often interchangeable with ellipses "..."
