beat

1. verb

1)

they were beaten with truncheons

Syn:

hit, strike, batter, thump, bang, hammer, punch, knock, thrash, pound, pummel, slap, smack, rain blows on; assault, attack, abuse; cudgel, club, birch; informal wallop, belt, bash, whack, thwack, clout, clobber, slug, tan, bop, sock, deck, plug, beat the living daylights out of; dated chastise

2)

the waves beat upon the shore

Syn:

break on/upon/against, dash against; lash against, strike, lap (upon), wash against; splash on/upon/against, roll upon; literary plash upon/against, lave against

3)

the metal is beaten into a die

Syn:

hammer, forge, form, shape, mold, work, stamp, fashion, model

4)

her heart was still beating

Syn:

pulsate, pulse, palpitate, vibrate, throb; pump, pound, thump, thud, hammer, drum; pitter-patter

5)

the eagle beat its wings

Syn:

flap, flutter, thresh, thrash, wave, vibrate, oscillate

6)

beat the cream into the mixture

Syn:

whisk, mix, blend, whip

7)

she beat a path through the grass

Syn:

tread, tramp, trample, wear, flatten, press down

8)

the team they need to beat

Syn:

defeat, conquer, win against, get the better of, vanquish, trounce, rout, overpower, overcome, subdue; informal lick, thrash, whip, wipe the floor with, clobber, cream, shellac, skunk

9)

he beat the record

Syn:

surpass, exceed, better, improve on, go one better than, eclipse, transcend, top, trump, cap

2. noun

1)

the song has a good beat

Syn:

rhythm, pulse, meter, time, measure, cadence; stress, accent

2)

the beat of hooves

Syn:

pounding, banging, thumping, thudding, booming, hammering, battering, crashing

3)

the beat of her heart

Syn:

pulse, pulsating, vibration, throb, palpitation, reverberation; pounding, thump, thud, hammering, drumming; pitter-patter

4)

a cop on his beat

Syn:

circuit, round, route, way, path

3. adjective, informal

phew, I'm beat!

See exhausted 1)

- beat a hasty retreat

- beat it

- beat someone up