BEATING

To hit; strike

Example: "As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled."

To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.

Example: "He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque."

To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.

To move with pulsation or throbbing.

To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.

Example: "I just can't seem to beat the last level of this video game."

To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.

To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.

To mix food in a rapid fashion. compare whip.

Example: "Beat the eggs and whip the cream."

(in haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price

Example: "He wanted $50 for it, but i managed to beat him down to $35."

To indicate by beating or drumming.

Example: "To beat a retreat; to beat to quarters"

To tread, as a path.

To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.

To be in agitation or doubt.

To make a sound when struck.

Example: "The drums beat."

To make a succession of strokes on a drum.

Example: "The drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters."

To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.

To arrive at a place before someone.

Example: "He beat me there."

To have sexual intercourse.

Example: "Bruv, she came in just as we started to beat."

To rob.

Example: "He beat me out of 12 bucks last night."