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beat

• (s) very tired
  • was all in at the end of the day
  • so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere
  • bushed after all that exercise
  • I'm dead after that long trip
  all in, bushed, dead,

Nouns

• (n) a regular route for a sentry or policeman
  • in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name
  round,
• (n) the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
  • he could feel the beat of her heart
  heartbeat, pulse, pulsation,
• (n) the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
  • the piece has a fast rhythm
  • the conductor set the beat
  musical rhythm, rhythm,
• (n) 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
• (n) a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior beatnik,
• (n) the sound of stroke or blow
  • he heard the beat of a drum
• (n) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse cadence, metre, meter, measure,
• (n) a regular rate of repetition
  • the cox raised the beat
• (n) a stroke or blow
  • the signal was two beats on the steam pipe
• (n) the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

Verbs

• (v) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
  • Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
  • We beat the competition
  • Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
  beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell,
• (v) 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
  beat up, work over,
• (v) hit repeatedly
  • beat on the door
  • beat the table with his shoe
• (v) move rhythmically
  • Her heart was beating fast
  thump, pound,
• (v) shape by beating
  • beat swords into ploughshares
• (v) make a rhythmic sound
  • Rain drummed against the windshield
  • The drums beat all night
  drum, thrum,
• (v) glare or strike with great intensity
  • The sun was beating down on us
• (v) move with a thrashing motion
  • The bird flapped its wings
  • The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky
  flap,
• (v) sail with much tacking or with difficulty
  • The boat beat in the strong wind
• (v) stir vigorously
  • beat the egg whites
  • beat the cream
  scramble,
• (v) 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
• (v) be superior
  • Reading beats watching television
  • This sure beats work!
• (v) avoid paying
  • beat the subway fare
  bunk,
• (v) make a sound like a clock or a timer
  • the clocks were ticking
  • the grandfather clock beat midnight
  ticktack, ticktock, tick,
• (v) move with a flapping motion
  • The bird's wings were flapping
  flap,
• (v) indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
  • Beat the rhythm
• (v) move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
  • the city pulsated with music and excitement
  pulsate, quiver,
• (v) make by pounding or trampling
  • beat a path through the forest
• (v) produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
  • beat the drum
• (v) strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
• (v) beat through cleverness and wit
  • I beat the traffic
  • She outfoxed her competitors
  outsmart, outwit, circumvent, outfox, overreach,
• (v) be a mystery or bewildering to
  • This beats me!
  • Got me--I don't know the answer!
  • a vexing problem
  • This question really stuck me
  baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, amaze, stupefy, gravel, vex, pose, stick, get,
• (v) wear out completely
  • This kind of work exhausts me
  • I'm beat
  • He was all washed up after the exam
  exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up,

Synonyms

all in bushed dead beat out vanquish trounce crush shell round heartbeat pulse pulsation beat up work over musical rhythm rhythm thump pound beatnik drum thrum cadence metre meter measure flap scramble bunk ticktack ticktock tick pulsate quiver outsmart outwit circumvent outfox overreach baffle bewilder dumbfound flummox mystify nonplus perplex puzzle amaze stupefy gravel vex pose stick get exhaust tucker tucker out wash up

See also

puzzle over figure out puzzle out solve lick work out work

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