beat
Meaning of beat
verb
- strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip.
if we were caught we were beaten
the victims were beaten to death with baseball bats
they beat me with a stick and punched me
- defeat (someone) in a game or other competitive situation.
she beat him easily at chess
Juventus were beaten 2–1
- succeed in getting somewhere ahead of (someone).
the defender beat him to the ball
- (of the heart) pulsate.
her heart beat faster with panic
- (of a bird) move (the wings) up and down.
doves wheel around the rooftops, beating their wings
- stir (cooking ingredients) vigorously to make a smooth or frothy mixture.
beat the butter until light and fluffy
beat the cream into the mixture
- sail into the wind, following a zigzag course with repeated tacking.
we beat southwards all that first day
- a main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry.
the glissando begins on the second beat
- the movement of a bird's wings.
the beat of the swallow's wings as they dive after midges
- an area allocated to a police officer and patrolled on foot.
his beat was in North London
it's important to have cops on the beat
- a brief pause or moment of hesitation.
she waited for a beat of three seconds
- short for beatnik.
- completely exhausted.
I'm beat—I need an hour or so to rest
I feel beat and out of ideas
- relating to the beat generation or its philosophy.
beat poet Allen Ginsberg
Old English bēatan, of Germanic origin.
Information about beat
- The plural form of beat is: beats.
- Languages in which beat is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of beat
beat
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- beat is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
beat synonyms
Meaning all in:
Meaning round:
Meaning pulse:
Meaning rhythm:
Meaning beatnik:
Meaning meter:
meter, metre, measure, cadence
Meaning beat out:
crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Meaning pound:
Meaning drum:
Meaning flap:
Meaning scramble:
Meaning bunk:
Meaning tick:
Meaning pulsate:
Meaning outwit:
outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, circumvent
Meaning perplex:
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
Meaning exhaust:
Meaning bring one's hand or a tool or weapon into contact with (someone or something) quickly and forcefully:
Meaning hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement:
Meaning strike repeatedly with hard blows:
Meaning hit or beat (something) repeatedly with a hammer or similar object:
Meaning strike with the fist:
Meaning strike a surface noisily to attract attention, especially when waiting to be let in through a door:
Meaning beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip:
Meaning strike repeatedly with the fists:
Meaning hit or strike with the palm of the hand or a flat object:
Meaning strike (someone or something), typically with the palm of the hand and as a punishment:
Meaning hit (someone or something) hard:
Meaning strike forcefully with a sharp blow:
Meaning secure with handcuffs:
Meaning a meal consisting of several dishes from which guests serve themselves:
Meaning (of an animal) wound (a person or animal) by scratching and tearing:
Meaning hurl missiles repeatedly at:
Meaning hit or beat (someone) repeatedly:
Meaning make a physical attack on:
Meaning act against (someone or something) aggressively in an attempt to injure or kill:
Meaning treat with cruelty or violence, especially regularly or repeatedly:
Meaning strip the skin off (a corpse or carcass):
Meaning beat (a person or animal) with a whip or similar instrument, especially as a punishment or to urge them on:
Meaning strike or beat with a whip or stick:
Meaning beat with a cudgel:
Meaning combine with others so as to collect a sum of money for a particular purpose:
Meaning beat (someone) with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment:
Meaning strike or hit very hard:
Meaning fasten with a belt:
Meaning strike hard and violently:
Meaning hit (someone) hard:
Meaning drink (something, typically alcohol) in a large draught; swig:
Meaning beat (someone) repeatedly as a punishment:
Meaning strike (someone) roughly or sharply with the fist:
Meaning dance to pop music:
Meaning hit forcefully:
Meaning decorate or adorn brightly or festively:
Meaning block or fill in (a hole or cavity):
Meaning punish, especially by beating:
Meaning win a victory over (someone) in a battle or other contest; overcome or beat:
Meaning overcome and take control of (a place or people) by military force:
Meaning defeat and cause to retreat in disorder:
Meaning defeat or overcome with superior strength:
Meaning succeed in dealing with (a problem or difficulty):
Meaning defeat completely:
Meaning remove forcibly from power:
Meaning overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person):
Meaning put an end to; suppress:
Meaning pass the tongue over (something) in order to taste, moisten, or clean it:
Meaning have (something) as one's own; possess:
Meaning (of the heart) beat rapidly, strongly, or irregularly:
Meaning (of a sound) resonate; continue to be heard:
Meaning beat or sound with a strong, regular rhythm; pulsate steadily:
Meaning (of a loud noise) be repeated several times as an echo:
Meaning force (liquid, gas, etc.) to move by or as if by means of a pump:
Meaning move, fall, or strike something with a dull, heavy sound:
Meaning (of a bird or other winged creature) flap (its wings) quickly and lightly:
Meaning separate grain from (corn or other crops), typically with a flail or by the action of a revolving mechanism:
Meaning move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal:
Meaning (of a structure or area of land) tremble or vibrate:
Meaning move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis:
Meaning stir or disturb (something, especially a liquid) briskly:
Meaning (of a person, a part of the body, or the voice) shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty:
Meaning move or swing back and forth in a regular rhythm:
Meaning beat or stir (a substance, especially cream or eggs) with a light, rapid movement:
Meaning combine or put together to form one substance or mass:
Meaning mix (a substance) with another substance so that they combine together:
Meaning move a spoon or other implement round in (a liquid or other substance) in order to mix it thoroughly:
Meaning bend (something flexible and relatively flat) over on itself so that one part of it covers another:
Meaning a roughly circular line, route, or movement that starts and finishes at the same place:
Meaning the route or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, road, or river:
Meaning a way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination:
Meaning a method, style, or manner of doing something; an optional or alternative form of action:
Meaning the course or direction in which a person or thing is moving:
Meaning the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft round a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution:
Meaning (in golf, tennis, and other sports) the annual round of events in which top professionals compete:
Meaning an act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point:
Meaning very tired:
Meaning feeling or showing extreme tiredness, especially as a result of excessive exertion:
Meaning cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry:
Meaning cause (someone) to feel exhausted:
Meaning drained of energy or vitality:
Meaning in a very weakened and infirm state:
Meaning having no power or energy left:
Meaning gasping for breath, typically due to exertion:
Meaning breathing with short, quick breaths; out of breath:
Meaning breathe in repeated short gasps:
Meaning out of breath:
Meaning exhausted:
Meaning showing the effects of exhaustion or strain:
Meaning exhausted or worn out:
Meaning tire (someone) out:
Meaning damaged; broken:
Meaning exhausted or slightly unwell:
Meaning (of food) cooked in hot fat or oil:
Meaning having been flogged or beaten with a whip:
Meaning utterly exhausted or defeated:
Meaning exhausted by punishing physical labour:
Meaning kill; destroy:
Meaning (of a person) extremely tired:
Meaning exhausted; worn out:
Translation of beat
- Spanish: latido, golpear, pegar, batir, vencer, ganar, triunfar, dominar, derrotar, tiempo, golpeteo
- Italian: battito, colpire, battere, vincere, sconfiggere, tempo, ritmo, bastonare, malmenare, percuotere, picchiare, colpo
- French: battement, battre, gagner, vaincre, tempo
- German: schlagen, besiegen, überwinden
- Portuguese: vencer, ultrapassar, derrotar, batida
Anagrams of beat
Words that rhyme with beat
Beat, bloodbeat, deadbeat, bluebeat, farebeat, pulsebeat, rebeat, hoofbeat, offbeat, swingbeat, wingbeat, backbeat, breakbeat, drumbeat, burnbeat, downbeat, sunbeat, upbeat, afterbeat, overbeat, underbeat, newsbeat, footbeat, heartbeat, browbeat, drybeat
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