Beat Meaning
There are 34 meaning(s) for word Beat
Meaning 1 : a regular route for a sentry or policeman
Example : in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name
Synonyms : round
Example : in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name
Synonyms : round
Meaning 2 : come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Example : Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship,We beat the competition
Synonyms : beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Example : Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship,We beat the competition
Synonyms : beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Meaning 6 : be a mystery or bewildering to
Example : This beats me!
Synonyms : amaze, baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
Example : This beats me!
Synonyms : amaze, baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
Meaning 8 : make a sound like a clock or a timer
Example : the grandfather clock beat midnight
Synonyms : tick, ticktack, ticktock
Example : the grandfather clock beat midnight
Synonyms : tick, ticktack, ticktock
Meaning 9 : the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
Example : he could feel the beat of her heart
Synonyms : heartbeat, pulsation, pulse
Example : he could feel the beat of her heart
Synonyms : heartbeat, pulsation, pulse
Meaning 11 : the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
Example : the conductor set the beat
Synonyms : musical rhythm, rhythm
Example : the conductor set the beat
Synonyms : musical rhythm, rhythm
Meaning 12 : very tired
Example : so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere
Synonyms : all in, bushed, dead
Example : so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere
Synonyms : all in, bushed, dead
Meaning 14 : a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
Synonyms : beatnik
Synonyms : beatnik
Meaning 15 : (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Synonyms : cadence, measure, meter, metre
Synonyms : cadence, measure, meter, metre
Meaning 16 : give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
Example : Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night,The teacher used to beat the students
Synonyms : beat up, work over
Example : Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night,The teacher used to beat the students
Synonyms : beat up, work over
Meaning 17 : move with a thrashing motion
Example : The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky
Synonyms : flap
Example : The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky
Synonyms : flap
Meaning 18 : beat through cleverness and wit
Example : I beat the traffic
Synonyms : circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach
Example : I beat the traffic
Synonyms : circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach
Meaning 20 : a regular rate of repetition
Example : the cox raised the beat
Example : the cox raised the beat
Meaning 21 : 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
Meaning 22 : a stroke or blow
Example : the signal was two beats on the steam pipe
Example : the signal was two beats on the steam pipe
Meaning 23 : be superior
Example : Reading beats watching television,This sure beats work!
Example : Reading beats watching television,This sure beats work!
Meaning 24 : glare or strike with great intensity
Example : The sun was beating down on us
Example : The sun was beating down on us
Meaning 25 : hit repeatedly
Example : beat on the door,beat the table with his shoe
Example : beat on the door,beat the table with his shoe
Meaning 26 : indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
Meaning 27 : make by pounding or trampling
Example : beat a path through the forest
Example : beat a path through the forest
Meaning 28 : produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
Example : beat the drum
Example : beat the drum
Meaning 29 : sail with much tacking or with difficulty
Example : The boat beat in the strong wind
Example : The boat beat in the strong wind
Meaning 30 : shape by beating
Example : beat swords into ploughshares
Example : beat swords into ploughshares
Meaning 31 : strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
Example : beat one's breast,beat one's foot rhythmically
Example : beat one's breast,beat one's foot rhythmically
Meaning 32 : strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
Meaning 33 : the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
Meaning 34 : the sound of stroke or blow
Example : he heard the beat of a drum
Example : he heard the beat of a drum
How to Pronounce Beat
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