Etymology : Middle English beten, from Old English bEatan; akin to Old High German bOzan to beat
Pronunciation : bEt
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. strike; rhythm; tapping; pulse; usual territory, regular jurisdiction; "scoop", news story that is published earlier than in the rival newspapers (Journalism). hit, strike; hammer metal; defeat, finish before, do better than (in a contest, or race); stir rapidly (eggs, etc.). tired, exhausted (Slang); of a beatnik; sloppily dressed. " exhausted; very tired (adj.).".
2. not cool; unpleasant or bad: "That party was kinda beat! ".
3. phat, cool, bomb or great: "That board is beat ". beat\beat\, n.
4. one that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him. [colloq.].
5. the act of one that beats a person or thing; as: (a) (newspaper cant) the act of obtaining and publishing a piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors; also, the news itself; a scoop. it's a beat on the whole country. (b) (hunting) the act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively. "driven out in the course of a beat." of sport. bears coming out of holes in the rocks at the last moment, when the beat is close to them. of sport. (c) (fencing) a smart tap on the adversary's blade.beat \beat\ , v. t. [imp. beat; p. p. beat, beaten ; p. pr. & vb. n. beating.] [oe. beaten, beten, as. be?tan; akin to icel. bauta, ohg. b zan. cf. 1st butt, button.].
6. to strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum. thou shalt beat some of it [spices] very small. xxx.
7. they did beat the gold into thin plates. xxxix.
8. 2. to punish by blows; to thrash.
9. to scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game. to beat the woods, and rouse the bounding prey.
10. to dash against, or strike, as with water or wind. a frozen continent beat with perpetual storms.
11. to tread, as a path. pass awful gulfs, and beat my painful way. more.
12. to overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass. he beat them in a bloody battle. for loveliness, it would be hard to beat that. arnold.
13. to cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out. [colloq.].
14. to exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble. why should any one beat his head about the latin grammar who does not intend to be a critic?.
15. (mil.) to give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. see:
alarm, charge, parley, etc.
16. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum.
17. To punish by blows; to thrash.
18. To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game.
19. To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.
20. To tread, as a path.
21. To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass.
22. To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; often with out.
23. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
24. To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo.
25. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc.
26. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
27. To move with pulsation or throbbing.
28. To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as rain, wind, and waves do.
29. To be in agitation or doubt.
30. To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse.
31. To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.
32. To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.
33. To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
34. A stroke; a blow.
35. A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse.
36. The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked.
37. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit.
38. A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament.
39. A sudden swelling or reënforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison.
40. See Beat, v. i., 8.
41. A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat.
42. A place of habitual or frequent resort.
43. A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat.
44. Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted.
45. One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him.
46. The act of one that beats a person or thing The act of obtaining and publishing a piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors; also, the news itself; a scoop.
47. The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
48. A smart tap on the adversary's blade. the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe" a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat" the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum" 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 single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations 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" 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" hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe" strike repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting strike repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically" stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream" shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares" produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum" make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest" move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm" sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind" move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping" move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky" glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us" avoid paying; "beat the subway fare" be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!".
49. The form beat is used in the present tense and is the past tense.
50. If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard. My wife tried to stop them and they beat her They were beaten to death with baseball bats.
51. To beat on, at, or against something means to hit it hard, usually several times or continuously for a period of time. There was dead silence but for a fly beating against the glass Nina managed to free herself and began beating at the flames with a pillow The rain was beating on the windowpanes. = pound Beat is also a noun. the rhythmic beat of the surf. + beating beat·ing the silence broken only by the beating of the rain.
52. When your heart or pulse beats, it continually makes regular rhythmic movements. I felt my heart beating faster. Beat is also a noun. He could hear the beat of his heart Most people's pulse rate is more than 70 beats per minute. + beating beat·ing I could hear the beating of my heart.
53. If you beat a drum or similar instrument, you hit it in order to make a sound. You can also say that a drum beats. When you beat the drum, you feel good. drums beating and pipes playing. Beat is also a noun. the rhythmical beat of the drum.
54. The beat of a piece of music is the main rhythm that it has. the thumping beat of rock music.
55. In music, a beat is a unit of measurement. The number of beats in a bar of a piece of music is indicated by two numbers at the beginning of the piece. It's got four beats to a bar. see also:
upbeat, downbeat.
56. If you beat eggs, cream, or butter, you mix them thoroughly using a fork or beater. Beat the eggs and sugar until they start to thicken.
57. When a bird or insect beats its wings or when its wings beat, its wings move up and down. Beating their wings they flew off Its wings beat slowly.
58. If you beat someone in a competition or election, you defeat them. In yesterday's games, Switzerland beat the United States two-one She was easily beaten into third place.
59. If someone beats a record or achievement, they do better than it. He was as eager as his Captain to beat the record.
60. If you beat something that you are fighting against, for example an organization, a problem, or a disease, you defeat it. It became clear that the Union was not going to beat the government = conquer.
61. If an attack or an attempt is beaten off or is beaten back, it is stopped, often temporarily. The rescuers were beaten back by strong winds and currents South Africa's ruling National Party has beaten off a right-wing challenge.
62. If you say that one thing beats another, you mean that it is better than it. Being boss of a software firm beats selling insurance.
63. If you say you can't beat a particular thing you mean that it is the best thing of its kind. You can't beat soap and water for cleansing.
64. To beat a time limit or an event means to achieve something before that time or event. They were trying to beat the midnight deadline.
65. A police officer's or journalist's beat is the area for which he or she is responsible.
66. You use beat in expressions such as `It beats me' or `What beats me is' to indicate that you cannot understand or explain something. `What am I doing wrong, anyway?' --- `Beats me, Lewis.' see also:
beaten, beaten-up, beating, beat-up.
67. If you intend to do something but someone beats you to it, they do it before you do. Don't be too long about it or you'll find someone has beaten you to it.
68. A police officer on the beat is on duty, walking around the area for which he or she is responsible. The officer on the beat picks up information; hears cries for help; makes people feel safe.
69. If you beat time to a piece of music, you move your hand or foot up and down in time with the music. A conductor beats time to show the choir or orchestra how fast they should sing or play the music. He beats time with hands and feet. = keep time.
70. to beat someone black and blue: see:
black to beat about the bush: see bush to beat or knock the living daylights out of someone: see daylights to beat the drum for someone or something: see drum to beat someone at their own game: see game to beat a retreat: see retreat to beat, kick or knock the shit out of someone: see:
shit. v. In physics, the pulsation resulting from a combination of two waves of slightly different frequency. Beat frequency is the difference between the frequencies of the combining waves. When the interfering frequencies are in the audible range, the beats are heard as alternating soft and loud pulses. The human ear can detect beats with frequencies up to 10 hertz, or 10 beats per second. Piano tuners listen for beats when comparing the pitch of a tuning fork to that of a vibrating string; when no beats are heard, the fork and string are at the same frequency. Ultrasonic or inaudible frequencies can be superimposed to produce audible beats, allowing the detection of vocal sounds produced by bats or dolphins.
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