What (who) is beat - definition
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beat
I
n.
a regularly traversed round
1) to patrol, walk one's beat
2) to cover one's beat
3) a policeman's beat
rhythm
4) an irregular; regular, steady beat
5) to a beat (to dance to the beat of jungle music)
unit of rhythm
6) a beat to (four beats to a measure)
II
v.
1) to beat brutally, mercilessly, severely, viciously
2) (d; intr., tr.) ('to strike') to beat against (the bird beat its wings against the bars of its cage; the waves beat against the rocks)
3) (d; tr.) ('to hammer') to beat into (to beat facts into smb.'s head; to beat swords into plowshares)
4) (d; tr.) ('to strike') to beat into. to (to beat smb. into submission; to beat smb. to death)
5) (d; intr.) ('to strike') to beat on (smb. was beating on the door)
6) (colloq.) (D; tr.) ('to arrive ahead of') to beat to (I'll beat you to the car!)
7) (N; used with an adjective) ('to strike') they beat him unconscious
8) (slang) (R) ('to astound') it beats me that they turned down the invitation
beat
¦ verb (past beat; past participle beaten)
1. strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or punish them.
strike repeatedly so as to make a noise.
flatten or shape (metal) by striking it repeatedly with a hammer.
2. defeat in a game or other competitive situation.
surpass (a record or score).
overcome (a problem).
informal baffle: it beats me how you manage it.
3. (of the heart) pulsate.
4. (of a bird) move (the wings) up and down.
5. stir (cooking ingredients) vigorously.
6. move across (an area of land) repeatedly striking at the ground cover in order to raise game birds for shooting.
7. Sailing sail into the wind, with repeated tacking.
¦ noun
1. a main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry.
a rhythm or rhythmic sound or movement.
a pulsation of the heart.
a periodic variation of sound or amplitude due to the combination of two sounds or other vibrations with similar but not identical frequencies.
2. the movement of a bird's wings.
3. an area allocated to a police officer and patrolled on foot.
a spell of duty allocated to a police officer.
a stretch of water fished by an angler.
4. a brief pause or moment of hesitation.
¦ adjective informal completely exhausted.
Phrases
beat about the bush discuss a matter without coming to the point.
beat the bounds historical mark parish boundaries by walking round them and striking certain points with rods.
beat the clock perform a task within a fixed time limit.
beat a (hasty) retreat withdraw.
beat time indicate or follow a musical tempo with a baton or other means.
off the beaten track in or into an isolated place.
to beat the band informal, chiefly N. Amer. so as to surpass all competition.
Phrasal verbs
beat someone down force someone to reduce the price of something.
beat it informal leave a place.
beat off vulgar slang (of a man) masturbate.
beat someone/thing off succeed in resisting an attacker or an attack.
beat someone up assault someone by hitting them repeatedly.
?(beat oneself up) informal reproach or criticize oneself excessively.
beat up on someone North American way of saying beat someone up.
Derivatives
beatable adjective
beating noun
Origin
OE beatan, of Gmc origin.
beat
Boring, uninteresting.
Ed: Hey, want to go to the glue museum?Ted: No way, that place is beat.
Ed: Hey, want to go to the glue museum?Ted: No way, that place is beat.
Pronunciation examples for beat
1. beat.
Neuroscience of Personality _ Dario Nardi _ Talks at Google
2. ♪ This is the beat , beat, beat of my heart.
Aqualung Live Performance _ Talks at Google
3. And I will beat and beat and beat on you
Raise the Bar _ Jon Taffer _ Talks at Google
4. a beat-by-beat adaptation of this
Annihilation _ Alex Garland _ Talks at Google
5. can beat.
Ayellet Tal _ Past Forward - When Computer Vision & Archaeology Meet _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of beat
1. "I beat them and I beat them and I beat them again, and I will beat those interests as president of the United States," he said to cheers.
2. So Bibi beat Peres, Barak beat Bibi, and Sharon beat Barak by 800,000 votes in an all–time landslide victory.
3. "I haven‘t seen a child beat up as bad as he was beat up," Starrett said.
4. "So let‘s forget about I beat you, you beat me," he adds.
5. He needs to beat me, then he needs to beat the player after me.