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beat
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- pronunciation:
- bit
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, adjective
- phrases:
- beat about the bush, beat around the bush, beat it, beat up
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
beats, beating, beat, beaten |
| definition 1: |
to hit (someone or something) repeatedly.
They beat the drums loudly.The thugs beat him in the face.- synonyms:
- club, drub, flail, knock, pommel, pound, pummel
- similar words:
- baste, batter, bludgeon, buffet, cane, clobber, cudgel, flog, hammer, lambaste, lash, lather, lick, scourge, thrash, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whomp
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| definition 2: |
to win against; defeat.
She beat him at tennis.- synonyms:
- best, defeat, drub, lick, whip, worst
- similar words:
- ace, clobber, conquer, cream, crush, down, hammer, lambaste, overcome, rout, shellac, thrash, trounce, vanquish, wallop, whale, whomp
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| definition 3: |
to shape or make by striking.
He beats metal into jewelry.- synonyms:
- forge, mold, shape, work
- similar words:
- fashion, form, hammer, knock, make, tap
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| definition 4: |
to stir rapidly.
Beat the eggs.- synonyms:
- blend, whisk
- similar words:
- churn, cream, mix, stir, whip
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| definition 5: |
to hurt (someone) by beating (sometimes fol. by "up").
The guards beat the prisoners often.The bullies beat up the new kid on the first day of school.- synonyms:
- batter, knock around
- similar words:
- drub, flog, hide, lick, rough up, thrash, trounce, wallop
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| definition 6: |
to be preferable to.
Sitting sure beats standing.- similar words:
- outdo, surpass, top
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| definition 7: |
to be very unclear to; perplex.
It beats me how he always wins.- synonyms:
- baffle, confound, mystify, perplex, puzzle
- similar words:
- bewilder
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| related words: |
abuse, annihilate, bat, belabor, belt, best, betray, better, break, chastise, churn, club, din, exceed, excel, hit, overcome, overhaul, overpower, overwhelm, pitch into, pound, puzzle, roll, smash, smear, stop, switch, thump, upset |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to hit repeatedly.
The waves beat against the shore.- synonyms:
- pound
- similar words:
- batter, hammer, hit, knock, smite, strike
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| definition 2: |
to move with a regular rhythm; pulsate.
She is very weak, but her heart is beating steadily.- synonyms:
- pound, pulsate, pulse, throb
- similar words:
- hammer, palpitate, thud, thump
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| related words: |
hail, lash, pant, smash |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a stroke or blow, often in a series.
- synonyms:
- blow, hit, stroke
- similar words:
- bash, bop, box, buffet, clout, cuff, punch, slap, smack, strike, thwack, wallop, whack, whomp
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| definition 2: |
a rhythmic movement that comes from within; pulsation.
the beat of a heart- synonyms:
- pulsation, throb
- similar words:
- pulse, stroke
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| definition 3: |
musical rhythm.
- synonyms:
- rhythm
- similar words:
- cadence, meter, time
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| definition 4: |
one's regular professional territory or subject matter.
a policeman's beata reporter's beat- similar words:
- area, assignment, circuit, precinct, rounds, route, territory, zone
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| related words: |
belt, march, pound, tap |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
(informal) very tired; exhausted.
- synonyms:
- dead, exhausted, fagged, tuckered out, worn-out
- similar words:
- done in, drained, fatigued, jaded, prostrate, tired, wasted, weary
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| definition 2: |
of or pertaining to the Beat Generation of the 1950s, or its adherents.
- similar words:
- rebel
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| related words: |
haggard, run-down, worn |
| phrase: |
beat about the bush, beat around the bush, beat it, beat up |
| derivation: |
beatable (adj.) |
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- beating:
punishment in the form of physical violence.
- beater:
a device used to beat eggs, cream, or other liquid food.
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