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beat

adjective
  1. very tired
    drained
noun
  1. the act of beating to windward
  2. a stroke or blow
    “the signal was two beats on the steam pipe”
  3. a regular rate of repetition
    “the cox raised the beat”
  4. the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
    rhythmmusical rhythm
  5. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
    measure
  6. the sound of stroke or blow
    “I heard the beat of a drum.”
  7. the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each heart cycle
    “I could feel the beat of your heart.”
    heartbeatpulsepulsation
  8. a regular route for a sentry or policeman
    “In the old days, a policeman walked a beat and knew all of the names of the folks in the neighborhood.”
    round
  9. a member of the beat generation
    beatnik
  10. a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies
verb
  1. to wear out completely
    “I beat that car.”
    exhausttuckerwash uptucker out
  2. to be a mystery or bewildering to
    “The magic trick beats me!”
    getposestickbafflepuzzlegravelstupefyperplexmystifyvexbewilderflummoxnonplusamazedumbfound
  3. to come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
    “We beat everyone we played in the tennis doubles championship.”
    crushshelltrouncebeat outvanquish
  4. to beat through cleverness and wit
    “I beat the traffic by taking a shortcut.”
    circumventoutwitoverreachoutsmartoutfox
  5. to give a beating to
    “The attacker beat me when I refused to hand over my wallet.”
    work overbeat up
  6. to hit repeatedly
    “They beat on the door.”
  7. to strike a part of one's own body repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
    “I beat my breast in anger.”
  8. to stir vigorously
    “I beat the egg whites.”
    scramble
  9. to shape by beating
    “The blacksmith beat the steel into the ornamenta shapes for the fence.”
  10. to make by pounding or trampling
    “They deer beat a path through the forest.”
  11. to move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
    “Just beat to the music, yo!”
    quiverpulsate
  12. to move rhythmically
    “My heart was beating fast.”
    thumppound
  13. to sail with much tacking or with difficulty
    “The boat beat in the strong wind.”
  14. to glare or strike with great intensity
    “The sun was beating down on us.”
  15. to make a rhythmic sound
    “I beat the drum to the rhythm of my favorite song.”
    drumthrum
  16. to avoid paying
    “The criminal jumped over the turnstiles in order to beat the subway fare.”
    bunk
  17. to be superior
    “Reading beats watching television.”