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beat (verb)transitive verb
1.
to strike repeatedly
a) to hit repeatedly so as to inflict pain - often used with up
b) to walk on - tread beat the pavement looking for work
c) to strike directly against forcefully and repeatedly dash against
d) to flap or thrash at vigorously
e) to strike at in order to rouse game , also to range over in or as if in quest of game
f) to mix by stirring - whip often used with up
g) to strike repeatedly in order to produce music or a signal - beat a drum
2.
a) to drive or force by blows - beat back his attackers
b) to pound into a powder, paste, or pulp
c) to make by repeated treading or driving over - beat a path
d) (1) to dislodge by repeated hitting - beat dust from the carpet
(2) to lodge securely by repeated striking - beat a stake into the ground
e) to shape by - beating beat swords into plowshares , especially to flatten thin by blows
f) to sound or express especially by drumbeat
3.
to cause to strike or flap repeatedly - a bird beating its wings
4.
a) - overcome defeat , also - surpass often used with out
b) to prevail despite - beat the odds
c) - bewilder baffle it beats me how she does it
d) (1) - fatigue exhaust
(2) to leave dispirited, irresolute, or hopeless
e) - cheat swindle
5.
a) (1) to act ahead of usually so as to forestall
(2) to report a news item in advance of
b) to come or arrive before
c) - circumvent beat the system
d) to outmaneuver (a defender) and get free
e) to score against (a goalkeeper)
6.
intransitive verb
to indicate by beating - beat the tempo
1.
a) to become forcefully impelled - dash
b) to glare or strike with oppressive intensity
c) to sustain distracting activity
d) to beat a drum
2.
a) (1) - pulsate throb
(2) - tick
b) to sound upon being struck
3.
a) to strike repeated blows - beating on the door
b) to strike the air - flap
c) to strike cover in order to rouse game , also to range or scour for or as if for game
4.
to progress with much difficulty
5.
to sail to windward by a series of tacks
1.
a) a single stroke or blow especially in a series , also - pulsation tick
b) a sound produced by or as if by - beating
c) a driving impact or force
2.
one swing of the pendulum or balance of a timepiece
3.
a) a regularly traversed round - the cop on the beat
b) a group of news sources that a reporter covers regularly
4.
a) a metrical or rhythmic stress in poetry or music or the rhythmic effect of these stresses
b) the tempo indicated (as by a conductor) to a musical performer
c) the pronounced rhythm that is the characteristic driving force in some types of music (as jazz or rock) , also - rock
5.
a) one that excels - I've never seen the beat of it
b) the reporting of a news story ahead of competitors
6.
- deadbeat
7.
a) an act of beating to windward
b) one of the reaches so traversed - tack
8.
each of the pulsations of amplitude produced by the union of sound or radio waves or electric currents having different frequencies
9.
an accented stroke (as of one leg or foot against the other) in dancing
10.
- moment waited a beat before responding
1.
a) being in a state of exhaustion - exhausted
b) sapped of resolution or morale
2.
often capitalized of, relating to, or being - beatniks beat poets
- beatnik
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
beat (adjective)depleted in strength, energy, or freshness
SYNONYMS:
all in, aweary, beat, beaten, bleary, burned-out ( burnt-out), bushed, dead, done, done in, drained, exhausted, fatigued, jaded, knackered, limp, logy ( loggy), played out, pooped, prostrate, spent, tapped out, tired, tuckered (out), washed-out, wearied, wiped out, worn, worn-outRELATED WORDS:
overfatigued, overtaxed, overworked; broken-down, run-down; debilitated, enervate, enervated, enfeebled, sapped, weakened; drowsy, heavy, sleepy; lethargic, sluggishNEAR ANTONYMS:
fresh, refreshed, rejuvenated, relaxed, rested, revitalized; active, energetic, invigorated, peppy, strengthened, strong, tireless, vitalized, weariless1.
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
SYNONYMS:
bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse, fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, larrup, lash, lick, pelt, pick, plump, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop ( whap)RELATED WORDS:
counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke; body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut; cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO; bastinado ( bastinade), battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling ( cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling ( pummelling), thrashing; flogging, walloping, whip, whipping2.
a rhythmic expanding and contracting
SYNONYMS:
beat, beating, palpitation, pulse, throbRELATED WORDS:
fluctuation, oscillation, vibration; quiver, tremble, tremor3.
the recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensity
SYNONYMS:
beat, cadence, measure, meterRELATED WORDS:
accent, accentuation, emphasis, stress; backbeat; drum, throb; lilt, movement, sway, swing; hexameter, pentameter, tetrameter, trimeter4.
a very small space of time
SYNONYMS:
beat, eyeblink, flash, heartbeat, jiff, jiffy, minute, moment, nanosecond, New York minute, second, shake, split second, trice, twinkle, twinkling, winkRELATED WORDS:
microsecond; snatch, spurtNEAR ANTONYMS:
aeon ( eon), age, eternity, forever; infinity, lifetime1.
to strike repeatedly
SYNONYMS:
bash, baste, bat, batter, belabor, belt, birch, bludgeon, buffet, bung up, club, curry, do, drub, fib, flog, hammer, hide, lace, lambaste ( lambast), lash, lather, lick, maul, mess (up), paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punch out, rough (up), slate, slog, switch, tan, thrash, thresh, thump, tromp, wallop, whale, whip, whop ( whap), whup, work overRELATED WORDS:
assail, assault, attack, beset, box, bust, chop, clobber, clout, crack, cudgel, cuff, descend (on upon), hit, jump (on), knock, lam, lay on, paste, pounce (on upon), punch, raid, rush, slam, slap, smack, smash, sock, spank, storm, swat, swipe, thwack, whack, wham, whomp; blackjack, cane, cowhide, flagellate, fustigate, horsewhip, leather, pistol-whip, rawhide, scourge, strap; gore, lacerate, wound; maim, mangle, mutilate2.
to achieve a victory over
SYNONYMS:
best, conquer, defeat, dispatch, do down, get, get around, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), skunk, stop, subdue, surmount, take, trim, triumph (over), upend, win (against), worstRELATED WORDS:
sweep; edge (out), nose out, pip []; annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke [], snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax [], whip; cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed; knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquish; ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcendNEAR ANTONYMS:
fall, give up, go down, go under; collapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, wash out3.
to be greater, better, or stronger than
SYNONYMS:
beat, better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outclass, outdistance, outdo, outgun, outmatch, outshine, outstrip, overtop, top, tower (over), transcendRELATED WORDS:
one-up, outpace, outrace, outrun, overpass; best, clobber, conquer, crush, defeat, drub, lick, master, outcompete, outperform, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), rout, shame, skunk, subdue, surmount, thrash, trim, triumph (over), trounce, wallop, whip, win (against), worst; outbalance, outweigh, overbear, overshadow, trumpNEAR ANTONYMS:
lose (to)4.
to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner
SYNONYMS:
beat, palpitate, pit-a-pat, pitter-patter, pulse, throbRELATED WORDS:
fluctuate, oscillate, vibrate; quiver, tremble5.
to move or cause to move with a striking motion
SYNONYMS:
beat, flail, flop, flutter, whipRELATED WORDS:
bang, batter, buffet, knock, pound, smack, spank, thump; flick, flicker, flit; fan, oscillate, sway, swing; undulate, wave; palpitate, pulse, throb6.
to prevent from achieving a goal
SYNONYMS:
baffle, balk, beat, checkmate, discomfit, foil, thwartRELATED WORDS:
bar, block, clog, encumber, fetter, hamper, handicap, hinder, hobble, hold back, impede, inhibit, interfere (with), manacle, obstruct, shackle, tie up, trammel; arrest, check, halt, set back, short-circuit, stall, stop; avert, forestall, obviate, preclude, prevent; negate, neutralize, nullify; counteract, offset; conquer, defeat, overcomeNEAR ANTONYMS:
abet, aid, assist; ease, facilitate, smooth7.
to shape with a hammer
SYNONYMS:
beat, draw, forge, poundRELATED WORDS:
chase, planish; fashion, form, knead, model, mold, pat, work; coin, mint, stamp; abate, boast, carve, chisel, cut, grave, hew, knap, sculpt, sculpture8.
to shine with a bright harsh light
SYNONYMS:
beat, blaze, burn, flame, flareRELATED WORDS:
beam, glow, radiate; flash, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle; bedazzle, blind, daze, dazzle9.
to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically
SYNONYMS:
beat, drum, rapRELATED WORDS:
bang, bash, bat, bonk, bop, hammer, hit, knock, paste, pound, slam, smack, sock, strike, swat, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, whack; chink, clatter, clink, ping; pat, pit-a-pat, pitter-patter; chuck, clap, click, flick, tip10.
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
SYNONYMS:
addle, baffle, bamboozle, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, buffalo, confound, discombobulate, disorient, flummox, fox, fuddle, get, gravel, maze, muddle, muddy, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, vexRELATED WORDS:
stick, stump, weird out; abash, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle; agitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, stun, unhinge, unsettle, upset; beguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misguide, mislead, snow, string along, take in, trickNEAR ANTONYMS:
assure, reassure, satisfy; enlighten, inform11.
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness
SYNONYMS:
beat, bypass, dodge, get around, shortcut, sidestep, skirtRELATED WORDS:
avoid, duck, elude, end-run, escape, eschew, evade, outflank, shake, shirk, shun; disobey, disregard, flout, ignore; avert, deflect, divert, obviate, parry, prevent, ward (off)NEAR ANTONYMS:
accede (to), acquiesce (to), assent (to); accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek, welcome; catch, contract, incur12.
to reduce to fine particles
SYNONYMS:
atomize, beat, bray, comminute, crush, disintegrate, grind, mill, mull, pound, pulverizeRELATED WORDS:
grate, kibble; crumble, crunch; break, bust, dash, fracture, fragment; shatter, smash, splinter; micronize13.
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
SYNONYMS:
beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose, hustle, mulct, nobble, pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimizeRELATED WORDS:
extort, wrench, wrest, wring; clip, gouge, nick, overcharge, soak; exploit, milk; deceive, dupe, fool, gull, trick; rope (in); betray, bitch, double-cross; bamboozle, fast-talk