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beat
English
- 🔊 the act of beating to windward
- 🔊 a stroke or blow“the signal was two beats on the steam pipe”
- 🔊 a regular rate of repetition“the cox raised the beat”
- 🔊 the sound of stroke or blow“he heard the beat of a drum”
- 🔊 a regular route for a sentry or policeman“in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name”
- 🔊 a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies
- 🔊 the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music“the piece has a fast rhythm”
- 🔊 a member of the beat generation
- 🔊 (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- 🔊 the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart“he could feel the beat of her heart”
- 🔊 come out better in a competition, race, or conflict“Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship”
- 🔊 give a beating to“Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night”
- 🔊 hit repeatedly“beat on the door”
- 🔊 strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- 🔊 strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music“beat one's breast”
- 🔊 stir vigorously“beat the egg whites”
- 🔊 shape by beating“beat swords into ploughshares”
- 🔊 produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly“beat the drum”
- 🔊 make by pounding or trampling“beat a path through the forest”
- 🔊 move rhythmically“Her heart was beating fast”
- 🔊 indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks“Beat the rhythm”
- 🔊 sail with much tacking or with difficulty“The boat beat in the strong wind”
- 🔊 move with a flapping motion“The bird's wings were flapping”
- 🔊 move with a thrashing motion“The bird flapped its wings”
- 🔊 glare or strike with great intensity“The sun was beating down on us”
- 🔊 avoid paying“beat the subway fare”
- 🔊 be superior“Reading beats watching television”
- 🔊 move with or as if with a regular alternating motion“the city pulsated with music and excitement”
- 🔊 make a rhythmic sound“Rain drummed against the windshield”
- 🔊 wear out completely“This kind of work exhausts me”
- 🔊 make a sound like a clock or a timer“the clocks were ticking”
- 🔊 beat through cleverness and wit“I beat the traffic”
- 🔊 be a mystery or bewildering to“This beats me!”
Spanish
- 🔊 batimiento beat
- 🔊 compás beat
- 🔊 montear to beat
- 🔊 vencer to beat
- 🔊 ronda beat, patrol
- 🔊 atracar to beat, bash
- 🔊 latido beat, pulsation
- 🔊 vapular to beat, thrash.
- 🔊 superar to beat, to outdo
- 🔊 pambacear to beat, to thrash
- 🔊 abatanar to beat, hit, abase
- 🔊 batir to beat, whisk, whip
- 🔊 marcar to beat, make (a rhythm)
- 🔊 batir to beat, to pound repeatedly
- 🔊 latir to beat, throb (said of a heart)
- 🔊 batir to beat, overcome (an opponent, record, etc.)