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a regular route for a sentry or policeman
"in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat(noun)the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
"he could feel the beat of her heart"
rhythm, beat, musical rhythm(noun)the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
"the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"
beat(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
beatnik, beat(noun)a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
beat(noun)the sound of stroke or blow
"he heard the beat of a drum"
meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence(noun)(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
beat(noun)a regular rate of repetition
"the cox raised the beat"
beat(noun)a stroke or blow
"the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
beat(adj)the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
all in(p), beat(p), bushed(p), dead(p)(verb)very tired
"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"
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish(verb)come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
"Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
beat, beat up, work over(verb)give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
"Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
beat(verb)hit repeatedly
"beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
beat, pound, thump(verb)move rhythmically
"Her heart was beating fast"
beat(verb)shape by beating
"beat swords into ploughshares"
drum, beat, thrum(verb)make a rhythmic sound
"Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
beat(verb)glare or strike with great intensity
"The sun was beating down on us"
beat, flap(verb)move with a thrashing motion
"The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
beat(verb)sail with much tacking or with difficulty
"The boat beat in the strong wind"
beat, scramble(verb)stir vigorously
"beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"
beat(verb)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"
beat(verb)be superior
"Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!"
beat, bunk(verb)avoid paying
"beat the subway fare"
tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat(verb)make a sound like a clock or a timer
"the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
beat, flap(verb)move with a flapping motion
"The bird's wings were flapping"
beat(verb)indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
"Beat the rhythm"
pulsate, beat, quiver(verb)move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
"the city pulsated with music and excitement"
beat(verb)make by pounding or trampling
"beat a path through the forest"
beat(verb)produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
"beat the drum"
beat(verb)strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent(verb)beat through cleverness and wit
"I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound(verb)be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out(verb)wear out completely
"This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
depleted in strength, energy, or freshnesscan we pick this up tomorrow, because I'm beat?
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrumentdelivered one hard beat on the drums
a rhythmic expanding and contractinga single beat of the heart is said to be all that separates the vice president from the presidency
the recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensitymoved to the beat of the music
a very small space of timewithin a beat he was on the phone complaining about an error in his bill
to strike repeatedlythey attacked and beat him, but fortunately he'll be fine
to achieve a victory overshe always beats everyone at checkers, but she's not as good at chess
to be greater, better, or stronger thanthis new animated feature sure beats everything else that's ever been done in animation
to expand and contract in a rhythmic mannerthe patient's heart beats roughly 60 times per minute
to move or cause to move with a striking motionthe bird's wings beat strongly as it soared in the air
to prevent from achieving a goalyou beat me to it
to shape with a hammerthe medieval artisans who beat iron into exquisite swords
to shine with a bright harsh lightthe tropical sun beat down on our heads without mercy
to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmicallybeat the drum in a marching rhythm
to throw into a state of mental uncertaintyit beats me how that slipup happened
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through clevernesshe spends all of his time trying to beat the system
to reduce to fine particlesyears of pounding had beaten the pebbles to a fine dust
to rob by the use of trickery or threatsthe screenwriter has filed a lawsuit, accusing the production company of beating him out of his share of the film's net profits
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