beat
Definition of
beat
:
a
regular
route
for
a
sentry
or
policeman
;
"
in
the
old
days
a
policeman
walked
a
beat
and knew
all
his
people
by
name
"
the
rhythmic
contraction
and
expansion
of the arteries with
each
beat
of the
heart
;
"
he
could
feel
the
beat
of her
heart
"
the
basic
rhythmic
unit
in
a
piece
of
music
;
"the
piece
has
a
fast
rhythm
"
;
"the
conductor
set
the
beat
"
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
a
member
of the
beat
generation
;
a
nonconformist
in
dress
and
behavior
the
sound
of
stroke
or
blow
;
"
he
heard
the
beat
of
a
drum
"
(
prosody
) the
accent
in
a
metrical
foot
of
verse
a
regular
rate
of
repetition
;
"the
cox
raised
the
beat
"
a
stroke
or
blow
;
"the
signal
was
two
beats
on
the
steam
pipe
"
the
act
of
beating
to
windward
;
sailing
as
close
as
possible
to the
direction
from which the
wind
is
blowing
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
"
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"
hit
repeatedly
;
"
beat
on
the
door
"
;
"
beat
the
table
with his
shoe
"
move
rhythmically
;
"Her
heart
was
beating
fast
"
shape
by
beating
;
"
beat
swords into ploughshares"
make
a
rhythmic
sound
;
"
Rain
drummed against the
windshield
"
;
"The drums
beat
all
night
"
glare
or
strike
with
great
intensity
;
"The
sun
was
beating
down
on
us
"
move
with
a
thrashing
motion
;
"The
bird
flapped its
wings
"
;
"The
eagle
beat
its
wings
and soared
high
into the
sky
"
sail
with
much
tacking
or
with
difficulty
;
"The
boat
beat
in
the
strong
wind
"
stir
vigorously
;
"
beat
the
egg
whites"
;
"
beat
the
cream
"
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
"
be
superior
;
"
Reading
beats
watching
television
"
;
"This
sure
beats
work
!"
avoid
paying
;
"
beat
the
subway
fare
"
make
a
sound
like
a
clock
or
a
timer
;
"the
clocks
were
ticking
"
;
"the
grandfather
clock
beat
midnight
"
move
with
a
flapping
motion
;
"The
bird
'
s
wings
were
flapping
"
indicate
by
beating
,
as
with the fingers
or
drumsticks;
"
Beat
the
rhythm
"
move
with
or
as
if with
a
regular
alternating
motion
;
"the
city
pulsated with
music
and
excitement
"
make
by
pounding
or
trampling
;
"
beat
a
path
through
the
forest
"
produce
a
rhythm
by
striking
repeatedly
;
"
beat
the
drum
"
strike
(
water
or
bushes)
repeatedly
to
rouse
animals for
hunting
beat
through
cleverness
and
wit
;
"
I
beat
the
traffic
"
;
"She outfoxed her competitors"
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
"
wear
out
completely
;
"This
kind
of
work
exhausts
me
"
;
"
I
'
m
beat
"
;
"
He
was
all
washed
up
after
the
exam
"
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
"
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