Beat /biːt/

The meaning and definition of Beat, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun

A stroke; a blow.
A pulsation or throb.
“a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse”

verb

To hit; strike
“As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled.”
To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
“He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque.”

adjective

Exhausted
“After the long day, she was feeling completely beat.”
Dilapidated, beat up
“Dude, you drive a beat car like that and you ain’t gonna get no honeys.”

Synonyms hammer knock pound strike whack do it

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Beat /biːt/

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