Beat

A regular route for a sentry or policeman

Synonyms

Round

Examples

In the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name

Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Make a rhythmic sound

Synonyms

Drum

Thrum

Type of

Sound

Go

Examples

The drums beat all night

Avoid paying

Synonyms

Bunk

Examples

Beat the subway fare

Move rhythmically

Synonyms

Pound

Thump

Type of

Move

Examples

Her heart was beating fast

Be a mystery or bewildering to

Wear out completely

Make a sound like a clock or a timer

Type of

Go

Sound

Examples

The grandfather clock beat midnight

The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

Examples

He could feel the beat of her heart

Move with a flapping motion

Synonyms

Flap

Type of

Move

Has types

Thresh

Clap

Flail

Verb group

Flap

The basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

Type of

Musical time

Examples

The conductor set the beat

Very tired

Usage of

Colloquialism

Similar to

Tired

Examples

So beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere

Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

Synonyms

Pulsate

Quiver

Type of

Move

A member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

Entails

Hit

Derivation

Beating

Examples

Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night

The teacher used to beat the students

Move with a thrashing motion

Synonyms

Flap

Type of

Move

Displace

Has types

Bate

Clap

Flutter

Verb group

Flap

Examples

The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky

Beat through cleverness and wit

Stir vigorously

Synonyms

Scramble

Has types

Cream

Whisk

Whip

Derivation

Beater

Examples

Beat the egg whites

Beat the cream

A regular rate of repetition

Type of

Pace

Rate

Examples

The cox raised the beat

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 stroke or blow

Type of

Stroke

Examples

The signal was two beats on the steam pipe

Be superior

Type of

Be

Examples

Reading beats watching television

This sure beats work!

Glare or strike with great intensity

Type of

Glare

Examples

The sun was beating down on us

Hit repeatedly

Type of

Strike

Derivation

Beater

Examples

Beat on the door

Beat the table with his shoe

Indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks

Make by pounding or trampling

Entails

Trample

Tread

Type of

Create

Make

Examples

Beat a path through the forest

Produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

In category

Music

Type of

Play

Examples

Beat the drum

Sail with much tacking or with difficulty

Type of

Sail

Examples

The boat beat in the strong wind

Shape by beating

Has types

Hammer

Forge

Examples

Beat swords into ploughshares

Strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

Type of

Strike

Examples

Beat one's breast

Beat one's foot rhythmically

Strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

The act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

Type of

Sailing

The sound of stroke or blow

Type of

Sound

Examples

He heard the beat of a drum