Definitions
How to pronounce beat:
Beat - as a noun
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"
The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
Example: "He could feel the beat of her heart"
The basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
Example: "The piece has a fast rhythm"
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
A member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
The sound of stroke or blow
Example: "He heard the beat of a drum"
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
A regular rate of repetition
Example: "The cox raised the beat"
A stroke or blow
Example: "The signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
The act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
Beat - as an adjective satellite
Beat - as a verb
Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Example: "Agassi beat becker in the tennis championship"
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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"
Hit repeatedly
Example: "Beat on the door"
Move rhythmically
Example: "Her heart was beating fast"
Shape by beating
Example: "Beat swords into ploughshares"
Make a rhythmic sound
Example: "Rain drummed against the windshield"
Glare or strike with great intensity
Example: "The sun was beating down on us"
Move with a thrashing motion
Example: "The bird flapped its wings"
Sail with much tacking or with difficulty
Example: "The boat beat in the strong wind"
Stir vigorously
Example: "Beat the egg whites"
Strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
Example: "Beat one's breast"
Be superior
Example: "Reading beats watching television"
Make a sound like a clock or a timer
Example: "The clocks were ticking"
Move with a flapping motion
Example: "The bird's wings were flapping"
Indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
Example: "Beat the rhythm"
Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
Example: "The city pulsated with music and excitement"
Make by pounding or trampling
Example: "Beat a path through the forest"
Produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
Example: "Beat the drum"
Strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
Beat through cleverness and wit
Example: "I beat the traffic"
Beat - as an adjective
Exhausted
Example: "After the long day, she was feeling completely beat."
Dilapidated, beat up
Example: "Dude, you drive a beat car like that and you ain’t gonna get no honeys."
Fabulous
Example: "Her makeup was beat!"
Boring
(of a person) ugly
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Word Game Points
BEAT has a SCRABBLE points total of 6.
BEAT has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 7.
BEAT has a WORDFEUD points total of 7.
