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beat::noun | Spocien Dictionary

beat
noun
/bit/
a regular route for a sentry or policeman
Type Words
Synonyms round
Type of route, itinerary, path


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

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Type Words
Synonyms beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Type of overcome, defeat, get the better of
Has types scoop, mate, eliminate, master, lick, jockey, exceed, rout, outscore, outpoint, immobilize, trump, walk over, immobilise, outplay, rack up, have the best, pip, get the jump, outperform, overcome, get the best, get over, outmatch, surpass, worst, outgo, whomp, bat, surmount, best, spreadeagle, cheat, checkmate, chicane, outflank, chouse, spread-eagle, thrash, outstrip, clobber, outfight, outdo, subdue, cream, whip, overpower, overmaster, overwhelm, shaft, screw, drub, mop up
Verb group circumvent, outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox
Derivation beatable, beating


Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship.
We beat the competition.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
make a rhythmic sound
Type Words
Synonyms drum, thrum
Type of sound, go


The drums beat all night.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
avoid paying
Type Words
Synonyms bunk
Type of chisel, cheat, rip off


beat the subway fare.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
move rhythmically
Type Words
Synonyms pound, thump
Type of move
Has types pulsate, flap, throb, palpitate, thrash, pulse, flutter


Her heart was beating fast.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
be a mystery or bewildering to
Type Words
Synonyms amaze, baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
Type of bedevil, fuddle, fox, confuse, confound, throw, discombobulate, befuddle
Has types stump, mix up, riddle, escape, elude


This beats me!.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
wear out completely
Type Words
Synonyms exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up
Type of tire, fag out, fag, outwear, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary, jade, fatigue, tire out
Has types kill, play, frazzle


I'm beat.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
make a sound like a clock or a timer
Type Words
Synonyms tick, ticktack, ticktock
Type of go, sound


the grandfather clock beat midnight.

beat::noun | Spocien Dictionary

beat
noun
/bit/
the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
Type Words
Synonyms heartbeat, pulsation, pulse
Type of periodic event, recurrent event
Has types diastole, throb, pounding, throbbing, systole


he could feel the beat of her heart.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
move with a flapping motion
Type Words
Synonyms flap
Type of move
Has types thresh, clap, flail
Verb group flap

beat::noun | Spocien Dictionary

beat
noun
/bit/
the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
Type Words
Synonyms musical rhythm, rhythm
Type of musical time
Has types upbeat, backbeat, offbeat, downbeat, syncopation


the conductor set the beat.

beat::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

beat
adjective
/bit/
very tired
Type Words
Synonyms all in, bushed, dead


so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
Type Words
Synonyms pulsate, quiver
Type of move
Verb group pulse, pulsate, throb

beat::noun | Spocien Dictionary

beat
noun
/bit/
a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
Type Words
Synonyms beatnik
Type of recusant, nonconformist

beat::noun | Spocien Dictionary

beat
noun
/bit/
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Type Words
Synonyms cadence, measure, meter, metre
Type of poetic rhythm, prosody, rhythmic pattern
Has types foot, metrical foot, metrical unit, common meter, common measure, catalexis, scansion

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
Type Words
Synonyms beat up, work over
Has types flog, baste, strap, batter, spank, thrash, belabor, belabour, cane, soak, clobber, slash, thresh, rough up, flail, trounce, welt, pistol-whip, kayo, knock cold, knock out, lam, lambast, lambaste, larrup, lash, lather, whip, paddle, strong-arm
Derivation beating


Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night.
The teacher used to beat the students.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
move with a thrashing motion
Type Words
Synonyms flap
Type of move, displace
Has types bate, clap, flutter
Verb group flap


The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
beat through cleverness and wit
Type Words
Synonyms circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach
Type of outstrip, exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, surpass, outperform, surmount
Verb group crush, beat out, trounce, vanquish, shell
Derivation beatable


I beat the traffic.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
stir vigorously
Type Words
Synonyms scramble
Type of stir up, raise up, disturb, commove, shake up, vex, agitate
Has types cream, whisk, whip
Derivation beater


beat the egg whites.
beat the cream.

beat::noun | Spocien Dictionary

beat
noun
/bit/
a regular rate of repetition
Type Words
Type of pace, rate


the cox raised the beat.

beat::noun | Spocien Dictionary

beat
noun
/bit/
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
Type Words
Type of vibration, oscillation

beat::noun | Spocien Dictionary

beat
noun
/bit/
a stroke or blow
Type Words
Type of stroke


the signal was two beats on the steam pipe.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
be superior
Type Words
Type of be


Reading beats watching television.
This sure beats work!.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
glare or strike with great intensity
Type Words
Type of glare


The sun was beating down on us.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
hit repeatedly
Type Words
Type of strike
Has types deck, coldcock, thresh, knock down, paste, hammer, whang, full, bastinado, floor, beetle, dump, thrash
Derivation beater


beat on the door.
beat the table with his shoe.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
Type Words
Has types thump out, tap out, beat out
Verb group drum, thump, thrum, pound

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
make by pounding or trampling
Type Words
Type of create, make


beat a path through the forest.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
Type Words
Type of play


beat the drum.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
sail with much tacking or with difficulty
Type Words
Type of sail


The boat beat in the strong wind.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
shape by beating
Type Words
Type of form, mould, mold, forge, shape, work
Has types hammer, forge


beat swords into ploughshares.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
Type Words
Type of strike


beat one's breast.
beat one's foot rhythmically.

beat::verb | Spocien Dictionary

beat
verb
/bit/
strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
Type Words

beat::noun | Spocien Dictionary

beat
noun
/bit/
the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
Type Words
Type of sailing

beat::noun | Spocien Dictionary

beat
noun
/bit/
the sound of stroke or blow
Type Words
Type of sound


he heard the beat of a drum.
LeafTensor is a decentralized system.