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beat - verb

  1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: assail, assault, baste, batter, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thrash, thresh. Informal lambaste. Slang clobber. See attack. strike.
  2. To punish with blows or lashes: flog, hide, lash, thrash, whip. Informal trim. Slang lay into, lick. See attack. reward.
  3. To move (one's arms or wings, for example) up and down: flap, flitter, flop, flutter, waggle, wave. See repetition.
  4. To indicate (time or rhythm), as with repeated gestures or sounds: count. See repetition.
  5. To make rhythmic contractions, sounds, or movements: palpitate, pound, pulsate, pulse, throb. See repetition. sounds.
  6. To shape, break, or flatten with repeated blows: forge, hammer, pound. See repetition. strike.
  7. To mix rapidly to a frothy consistency: whip, whisk. See assemble. repetition.
  8. To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition: best, conquer, defeat, master, overcome, prevail against or over, rout, subdue, subjugate, surmount, triumph over, vanquish, worst. Informal trim, whip. Slang ace, lick. See win.
  9. To be greater or better than: best, better, exceed, excel, outdo, outmatch, outrun, outshine, outstrip, pass, surpass, top, transcend. See big.
  10. To make incapable of finding something to think, do, or say: confound, nonplus. Informal flummox, stick, stump, throw. See affect. knowledge.

beat down - phrasal verb

  1. To be projected with blinding intensity: blaze, glare. See light.

beat off - phrasal verb

  1. To turn or drive away: fend(off), keep off, parry, repel, repulse, ward off. See allow. strike.

beat - noun

  1. A stroke or blow, especially one that produces a sound: clunk, pound, thud, thump. See attack. sounds. strike.
  2. A periodic contraction or sound of something coursing: palpitation, pulsation, pulse, throb. See repetition. sounds.
  3. The patterned, recurring alternation of contrasting elements, such as stressed and unstressed notes in music: cadence, cadency, measure, meter, rhythm, swing. See repetition.
  4. An area regularly covered, as by a policeman or reporter: circuit, round, route. See territory.

beat - adjective

  1. Extremely tired: bleary, dead, drained, exhausted, fatigued, rundown, spent, tired out, wearied, weariful, weary, worn-down, worn-out. Informal bushed, tuckered(out). Slang done in, fagged(out), pooped(out). See health. tired.