Definition
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| move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement" |
| the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat" |
| move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" |
| (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
| indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm" |
| the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum" |
| a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop) |
| sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind" |
| the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart" |
| move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping" |
| hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe" |
| avoid paying; "beat the subway fare" |
| strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting |
| be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!" |
| the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing |
| strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically" |
| a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe" |
| stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream" |
| a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat" |
| shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares" |
| a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored mod |
| produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum" |
| make by poundin |
| a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name" |
| a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior |
| 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 |
| make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through |