beat
verb
[ biːt ]
• strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip.
• "if we were caught we were beaten"
Similar:
hit,
strike,
batter,
thump,
hammer,
punch,
knock,
thrash,
pound,
pummel,
slap,
smack,
crack,
thwack,
cuff,
buffet,
maul,
pelt,
drub,
rain blows on,
assault,
attack,
abuse,
flay,
whip,
lash,
cudgel,
club,
birch,
wallop,
belt,
bash,
whack,
clout,
clobber,
slug,
tan,
biff,
bop,
sock,
deck,
plug,
lay into,
do over,
knock about/around,
rough up,
fill in,
give someone a good hiding,
chastise,
• defeat (someone) in a game or other competitive situation.
• "she beat him easily at chess"
Similar:
defeat,
conquer,
win against,
get the better of,
vanquish,
trounce,
rout,
overpower,
overcome,
overwhelm,
overthrow,
subdue,
quash,
crush,
lick,
thrash,
whip,
wipe the floor with,
clobber,
own,
• succeed in getting somewhere ahead of (someone).
• "the defender beat him to the ball"
• (of the heart) pulsate.
• "her heart beat faster with panic"
Similar:
pulsate,
pulse,
palpitate,
vibrate,
throb,
reverberate,
pump,
pound,
thump,
thud,
hammer,
drum,
pitter-patter,
go pit-a-pat,
quop,
• (of a bird) move (the wings) up and down.
• "doves wheel around the rooftops, beating their wings"
Similar:
flap,
flutter,
move up and down,
thresh,
thrash,
wave,
shake,
swing,
agitate,
quiver,
tremble,
vibrate,
oscillate,
• stir (cooking ingredients) vigorously to make a smooth or frothy mixture.
• "beat the butter until light and fluffy"
• sail into the wind, following a zigzag course with repeated tacking.
• "we beat southwards all that first day"
beat
noun
• a main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry.
• "the glissando begins on the second beat"
• the movement of a bird's wings.
• "the beat of the swallow's wings as they dive after midges"
• an area allocated to a police officer and patrolled on foot.
• "his beat was in North London"
• a brief pause or moment of hesitation.
• "she waited for a beat of three seconds"
• short for beatnik.
beat
adjective
• completely exhausted.
• "I'm beat—I need an hour or so to rest"
Similar:
exhausted,
tired out,
worn out,
weary,
dog-tired,
bone-tired,
bone-weary,
ready to drop,
on one's last legs,
asleep on one's feet,
drained,
fatigued,
enervated,
debilitated,
spent,
jet-lagged,
out of breath,
breathless,
panting,
puffing,
puffed,
puffed out,
puffing and blowing,
gasping (for breath),
done in,
all in,
dead on one's feet,
dead beat,
shattered,
bushed,
fagged out,
knocked out,
wiped out,
running on empty,
zonked out,
worn to a frazzle,
frazzled,
bushwhacked,
knackered,
whacked (out),
shagged out,
jiggered,
wabbit,
pooped,
tuckered out,
fried,
whipped,
stonkered,
toilworn,
fordone,
buggered,
rooted,
Opposite:
fresh as a daisy,
raring to go,
• relating to the beat generation or its philosophy.
• "beat poet Allen Ginsberg"
Origin:
Old English bēatan, of Germanic origin.
