Definitions
1.nounA stroke; a blow.
2.nounA pulsation or throb."a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse"
3.nounA pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
4.nounA rhythm.
5.nounThe interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
6.noun(authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect; a plot point or story development.
7.nounThe route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
8.noun(by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially
9.nounAn act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.
10.nounThat which beats, or surpasses, another or others."the beat of him"
11.nounA precinct.
12.nounA place of habitual or frequent resort.
13.nounA low cheat or swindler."a dead beat"
14.nounThe instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
15.nounThe act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
16.nounA smart tap on the adversary's blade.
17.verbTo 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."
18.verbTo strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm."He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque."
19.verbTo strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
20.verbTo move with pulsation or throbbing.
21.verbTo win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event."I just can't seem to beat the last level of this video game."
22.verbTo sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
23.verbTo strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
24.verbTo mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip."Beat the eggs and whip the cream."
25.verb(In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price"He wanted $50 for it, but I managed to beat him down to $35."
26.verbTo indicate by beating or drumming."to beat a retreat; to beat to quarters"
27.verbTo tread, as a path.
28.verbTo exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
29.verbTo be in agitation or doubt.
30.verbTo make a sound when struck."The drums beat."
31.verbTo make a succession of strokes on a drum."The drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters."
32.verbTo sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
33.verbTo arrive at a place before someone."He beat me there."
34.verbTo have sexual intercourse."Bruv, she came in just as we started to beat."
35.verbTo rob."He beat me out of 12 bucks last night."
36.adjectiveExhausted"After the long day, she was feeling completely beat."
37.adjectiveDilapidated, beat up"Dude, you drive a beat car like that and you ain’t gonna get no honeys."
38.adjectiveFabulous"Her makeup was beat!"
39.adjectiveBoring
40.adjective(of a person) ugly