Main entry: beat
Definition: the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
Main entry: beat
Definition: a stroke or blow
Usage: the signal was two beats on the steam pipe
Main entry: beat
Definition: a regular rate of repetition
Usage: the cox raised the beat
Main entry: rhythm, beat, musical rhythm
Definition: the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
Usage: the piece has a fast rhythm; the conductor set the beat
Main entry: beat, cadence, measure, meter, metre
Definition: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Main entry: beat
Definition: the sound of stroke or blow
Usage: he heard the beat of a drum
Main entry: beat, pulsation, pulse, heartbeat
Definition: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
Usage: he could feel the beat of her heart
Definition: a regular route for a sentry or policeman
Usage: in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name
Definition: a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
Main entry: beat
Definition: 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
Main entry: wash up, exhaust, beat, tucker, tucker out
Definition: wear out completely
Usage: This kind of work exhausts me; I'm beat; He was all washed up after the exam
Main entry: dumbfound, bewilder, baffle, beat, amaze, puzzle, pose, mystify, nonplus, perplex, stick, stupefy, flummox, gravel, get, vex
Definition: be a mystery or bewildering to
Usage: This beats me!; Got me--I don't know the answer!; a vexing problem; This question really stuck me
Main entry: trounce, crush, vanquish, shell, beat, beat out
Definition: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Usage: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship; We beat the competition; Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
Main entry: outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach, circumvent, beat
Definition: beat through cleverness and wit
Usage: I beat the traffic; She outfoxed her competitors
Main entry: work over, beat, beat up
Definition: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
Usage: Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night; The teacher used to beat the students
Main entry: beat
Definition: hit repeatedly
Usage: beat on the door; beat the table with his shoe
Main entry: beat
Definition: strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
Main entry: beat
Definition: strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
Usage: beat one's breast; beat one's foot rhythmically
Definition: stir vigorously
Usage: beat the egg whites; beat the cream
Main entry: beat
Definition: shape by beating
Usage: beat swords into ploughshares
Main entry: beat
Definition: produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
Usage: beat the drum
Main entry: beat
Definition: make by pounding or trampling
Usage: beat a path through the forest
Main entry: pulsate, quiver, beat
Definition: move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
Usage: the city pulsated with music and excitement
Main entry: pound, thump, beat
Definition: move rhythmically
Usage: Her heart was beating fast
Main entry: beat
Definition: indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
Usage: Beat the rhythm
Main entry: beat
Definition: sail with much tacking or with difficulty
Usage: The boat beat in the strong wind
Definition: move with a flapping motion
Usage: The bird's wings were flapping
Definition: move with a thrashing motion
Usage: The bird flapped its wings; The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky
Main entry: beat
Definition: glare or strike with great intensity
Usage: The sun was beating down on us
Definition: make a rhythmic sound
Usage: Rain drummed against the windshield; The drums beat all night
Main entry: tick, ticktack, ticktock, beat
Definition: make a sound like a clock or a timer
Usage: the clocks were ticking; the grandfather clock beat midnight
Definition: avoid paying
Usage: beat the subway fare
Main entry: beat
Definition: be superior
Usage: Reading beats watching television; This sure beats work!
Main entry: bushed, all in, beat, dead
Definition: very tired
Usage: 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