English dictionary
beat
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- very tired
noun
- the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
noun
- a stroke or blow
noun
- a regular rate of repetition
noun
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
noun
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
noun
- the sound of stroke or blow
noun
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
noun
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
noun
- a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
noun
- 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
verb
- wear out completely
verb
- be a mystery or bewildering to
verb
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
verb
- beat through cleverness and wit
verb
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
verb
- hit repeatedly
verb
- strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
verb
- strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
verb
- stir vigorously
verb
- shape by beating
verb
- produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
verb
- make by pounding or trampling
verb
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
verb
- move rhythmically
verb
- indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
verb
- sail with much tacking or with difficulty
verb
- move with a flapping motion
verb
- move with a thrashing motion
verb
- glare or strike with great intensity
verb
- make a rhythmic sound
verb
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
verb
- avoid paying
verb
- be superior
Example sentences
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
the signal was two beats on the steam pipe
the cox raised the beat
the piece has a fast rhythm
the conductor set the beat
he heard the beat of a drum
he could feel the beat of her heart
in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name
This kind of work exhausts me
I'm beat
He was all washed up after the exam
This beats me!
Got me — I don't know the answer!
a vexing problem
This question really stuck me
Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
We beat the competition
Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
I beat the traffic
She outfoxed her competitors
Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night
The teacher used to beat the students
beat on the door
beat the table with his shoe
beat one's breast
beat one's foot rhythmically
beat the egg whites
beat the cream
beat swords into ploughshares
beat the drum
beat a path through the forest
the city pulsated with music and excitement
Her heart was beating fast
Beat the rhythm
The boat beat in the strong wind
The bird's wings were flapping
The bird flapped its wings
The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky
The sun was beating down on us
Rain drummed against the windshield
He drummed his fingers on the table
the clocks were ticking
the grandfather clock beat midnight
beat the subway fare
Reading beats watching television
This sure beats work!