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| defeat |
to win a victory over; beat in a game, battle, or the like. [1/4 definitions] |
| disco |
a style of popular dance music with a heavy, insistent beat, usu. played with electronically amplified instruments. [1/4 definitions] |
| Dixieland |
an early style of small-group jazz, characterized by a strict two-beat rhythm and by improvised ensemble and solo playing. [1/2 definitions] |
| down1 |
(informal) to conquer; beat. [1/21 definitions] |
| downbeat |
the first beat of a measure in a piece of music. [2/3 definitions] |
| drop a beat |
to miss a beat in music, or otherwise lose the rhythm or continuity of something; falter. [2 definitions] |
| drub |
to beat, as with a stick or club. [1/3 definitions] |
| fast-paced |
having a rapid beat or tempo. [1/3 definitions] |
| flail |
to beat, as with a flail, whip, the fists, or the like. [1/6 definitions] |
| flog |
to beat harshly with a whip or rod. |
| flutter |
to beat or pulsate swiftly or irregularly. [2/9 definitions] |
| gantlet1 |
variant of "gauntlet2," a form of punishment or humiliation, used esp. in former times by the military, in which two rows of people beat someone who is forced to run between them. [1/3 definitions] |
| gauntlet2 |
a form of punishment or humiliation, used esp. in former times by the military, in which two rows of people beat someone who is forced to run between them. [1/3 definitions] |
| hammer |
a hand tool having a solid, heavy head set across a handle and used to pound, indent, or beat metal, nails, or the like into shape or place, or any similar device. [1/14 definitions] |
| heartthrob |
the beat of a heart. [1/3 definitions] |
| hummingbird |
any of numerous mostly tropical American birds that are usu. very small and have long slender bills, narrow wings that beat very rapidly, and bright-colored, iridescent plumage. |
| lambaste |
(informal) to beat or thrash soundly. [1/2 definitions] |
| lash1 |
to beat or beat against with, or as if with, a whip. [1/11 definitions] |
| lather |
(informal) to beat or whip. [1/7 definitions] |
| lick |
(informal) to beat or thrash in punishment. [1/11 definitions] |
| mazurka |
an energetic Polish dance similar to the polka, the music for which is written in triple meter with a strong accent on the second beat. |
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