Word: beat
Category: beat
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Related words: beat
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Synonyms: beat
hit, strike, batter, thump, bang, hammer, punch, knock, thrash, pound, pummel, slap, smack, rain blows on, assault, attack, abuse, cudgel, club, birch, wallop, belt, whup, bash, whack, thwack, clout, clobber, slug, tan, bop, sock, deck, plug, beat the living daylights out of, chastise, break on/upon/against, dash against, lash against, lap (upon), wash against, splash on/upon/against, roll upon, plash upon/against, lave against, forge, form, shape, mold, work, stamp, fashion, model, pulsate, pulse, palpitate, vibrate, throb, pump, thud, drum, pitter-patter, flap, flutter, thresh, wave, oscillate, whisk, mix, blend, whip, tread, tramp, trample, wear, flatten, press down, defeat, conquer, win against, get the better of, vanquish, trounce, rout, overpower, overcome, subdue, lick, wipe the floor with, cream, shellac, skunk, surpass, exceed, better, improve on, go one better than, eclipse, transcend, top, trump, cap, work over, beat up, scramble, tick, ticktock, crush, shell, beat out, nonplus, get, baffle, bewilder, puzzle, perplex, amaze, dumbfound, stick, flummox, mystify, gravel, vex, pose, stupefy, outsmart, outfox, outwit, overreach, circumvent, bunk, exhaust, tucker out, tucker, wash up, quiver, thrum
Translations: beat
The meaning and "use of": beat
- strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, usually with an implement such as a club or whip. - a woman whose husband would frequently beat her after becoming drunk
- defeat (someone) in a game, competition, election, or commercial venture. - she beat him easily at chess
- succeed in getting somewhere ahead of (someone). - I could beat him on my bicycle
- (of the heart) pulsate. - her heart beat faster with panic
- (of a bird) move (the wings) up and down. - The little hummingbirds beat their wings faster and their flight is even more graceful than normal.
- stir (cooking ingredients) vigorously with a fork, whisk, or beater to make a smooth or frothy mixture. - Next, beat ingredients for the cream cheese layer until smooth.
- leave. - now beat it, will you!
- sail into the wind, following a zigzag course with repeated tacking. - we beat southward all that first day
- a main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry. - the glissando begins on the second beat
- an area allocated to a police officer to patrol. - a patrolman who strived to make his beat a safe one
- a brief pause or moment of hesitation, typically one lasting a specified length. - she waited for a beat of three seconds
- completely exhausted. - I'm dead beat
- of or relating to the beat generation or its philosophy. - beat poet Allen Ginsberg
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