beat
Meanings
- 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 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"
- 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;
- "The drums beat all night"
- glare or strike with great intensity;
- "The sun was beating down on us"
- move with a thrashing motion;
- "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 grandfather clock beat midnight"
- move with a flapping motion;
- indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks;
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion;
- 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"
- be a mystery or bewildering to;
- "This beats me!"
- wear out completely;
- "I'm beat"
- very tired;
- "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"
- BEAT v BEAT, BEATEN, BEATING, BEATS to strike repeatedly BEATABLE adj
Synonyms
- round
- pulse
- pulsation
- heartbeat
- rhythm
- musical rhythm
- beatnik
- meter
- metre
- measure
- cadence
- beat out
- crush
- shell
- trounce
- vanquish
- beat up
- work over
- pound
- thump
- drum
- thrum
- flap
- scramble
- bunk
- tick
- ticktock
- ticktack
- pulsate
- quiver
- outwit
- overreach
- outsmart
- outfox
- circumvent
- perplex
- vex
- stick
- get
- puzzle
- mystify
- baffle
- pose
- bewilder
- flummox
- stupefy
- nonplus
- gravel
- amaze
- dumbfound
- exhaust
- wash up
- tucker
- tucker out
- all in
- bushed
- dead
Scrabble Score: 6
beat is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordbeat is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
beat is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 7
beat is a valid Words With Friends word