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beat definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb beat 12 of 22 senses of beat Sense 1 beat beat out crush, trounce, vanquish => outpoint, outscore => worst, pip, mop up whip, rack up => whomp => spread-eagle, spreadeagle, rout => get the jump => cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey => surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount => outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop => outfight => overpower, overmaster, overwhelm => checkmate, mate => immobilize, immobilise => outplay => bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick Sense 2 beat beat up => strong-arm => soak => pistol-whip => belabour, belabor => rough up => flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce => cane, flog, lambaste, lambast => knock cold, knock out kayo => thrash, thresh, lam, flail => clobber, baste, batter => spank, paddle, larrup Sense 3 beat => beat => beetle => bastinado => deck, coldcock, dump, knock down floor => whang => paste => thrash, thresh => hammer Sense 4 beat pound, thump => pulsate, throb, pulse => palpitate, flutter => thrash => flap Sense 5 beat => forge, hammer Sense 8 beat flap => bate => clap Sense 10 beat scramble => whisk, whip => cream Sense 13 cheat, beat rip off chisel => gazump => cozen => overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook => swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con => bilk => whipsaw => welsh => juggle, beguile, hoodwink Sense 15 beat flap => flail, thresh => clap Sense 16 beat => beat out tap out thump out Sense 21 perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound => stump, mix up => stagger => riddle => elude, escape Sense 22 exhaust, wash up beat tucker, tucker out => frazzle => play Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb beat 12 of 22 senses of beat Sense 1 beat beat out crush, trounce, vanquish => outpoint, outscore => worst, pip, mop up whip, rack up => whomp => spread-eagle, spreadeagle, rout => get the jump => cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey => surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount => outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat circumvent => outgrow => outshout, outcry => outroar => outsail => outdraw => outpace => better, break => outshine => upstage => outrange => outweigh => outbrave => out-herod, out-Herod => outfox => shame => outmarch => outwear => outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop => outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outsmart => outgeneral => outfight => overpower, overmaster, overwhelm => steamroller, steamroll => checkmate, mate => immobilize, immobilise => outplay => bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick Sense 2 beat beat up => strong-arm => soak => pistol-whip => belabour, belabor => rough up => flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce => flagellate, scourge => horsewhip => cowhide => cat => birch => cane, flog, lambaste, lambast => knock cold, knock out kayo => thrash, thresh, lam, flail => clobber, baste, batter => spank, paddle, larrup Sense 3 beat => beat => beetle => bastinado => deck, coldcock, dump, knock down floor => whang => paste => thrash, thresh => hammer => sledgehammer, sledge Sense 4 beat pound, thump => pulsate, throb, pulse => palpitate, flutter => thrash => flap Sense 5 beat => forge, hammer => foliate => dropforge Sense 8 beat flap => bate => clap Sense 10 beat scramble => whisk, whip => cream Sense 13 cheat, beat rip off chisel => gazump => cozen => overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook => extort, rack, gouge, wring => bleed => swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con => short-change, short => bilk => whipsaw => welsh => juggle, beguile, hoodwink Sense 15 beat flap => flail, thresh => clap Sense 16 beat => beat out tap out thump out Sense 21 perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound => stump, mix up => stagger => riddle => elude, escape => defy, resist, refuse => beggar Sense 22 exhaust, wash up beat tucker, tucker out => frazzle => play Entailment of verb beat 4 of 22 senses of beat Sense 1 beat beat out crush, trounce, vanquish => win Sense 2 beat beat up => hit Sense 13 cheat, beat rip off chisel => deceive, lead on delude, cozen Sense 17 beat => tread, trample Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb beat 22 senses of beat Sense 1 beat beat out crush, trounce, vanquish => overcome, defeat Sense 2 beat beat up Sense 3 beat => strike Sense 4 beat pound, thump => move Sense 5 beat => shape, form work mold, mould, forge Sense 6 drum, beat thrum => sound, go Sense 7 beat => glare Sense 8 beat flap => move displace Sense 9 beat => sail Sense 10 beat scramble => stir, toss Sense 11 beat => strike Sense 12 beat => be Sense 13 cheat, beat rip off chisel => victimize, victimise Sense 14 tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat => sound, go Sense 15 beat flap => move Sense 16 beat Sense 17 beat => make create Sense 18 beat => play Sense 19 beat => beat Sense 20 outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat circumvent => surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount Sense 21 perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound => confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate Sense 22 exhaust, wash up beat tucker, tucker out => tire, wear upon tire out wear, weary, jade, wear out outwear, wear down fag out fag, fatigue Familiarity of verb beat beat used as a verb is very familiar (polysemy count = 22) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb beat Sense 1 beat beat out crush, trounce, vanquish => overcome, defeat Sense 20 outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat circumvent => surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount -------------- Sense 3 beat => strike Sense 11 beat => strike -------------- Sense 4 beat pound, thump => move Sense 6 drum, beat thrum => sound, go Sense 16 beat Sense 18 beat => play -------------- Sense 8 beat flap => move displace Sense 15 beat flap => move -------------- Sense 2 beat beat up -------------- Sense 5 beat => shape, form work mold, mould, forge -------------- Sense 7 beat => glare -------------- Sense 9 beat => sail -------------- Sense 10 beat scramble => stir, toss -------------- Sense 12 beat => be -------------- Sense 13 cheat, beat rip off chisel => victimize, victimise -------------- Sense 14 tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat => sound, go -------------- Sense 17 beat => make create -------------- Sense 19 beat => beat -------------- Sense 21 perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound => confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate -------------- Sense 22 exhaust, wash up beat tucker, tucker out => tire, wear upon tire out wear, weary, jade, wear out outwear, wear down fag out fag, fatigue -------------- Grep of noun beat backbeat beat beat generation beater beatification beating beating-reed instrument beatitude beatles beatnik beatniks beatrice beatrice lillie beatrice webb beats beats per minute deadbeat downbeat drumbeat heartbeat upbeat Overview of noun beat The noun beat has 10 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (1) beat round -- (a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name") 2. (1) pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat -- (the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart") 3. (1) rhythm, beat musical rhythm -- (the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat") 4. beat -- (a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations) 5. beatnik, beat -- (a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior) 6. beat -- (the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum") 7. meter, measure, beat cadence -- ((prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse) 8. beat -- (a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat") 9. beat -- (a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe") 10. beat -- (the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing) Overview of verb beat The verb beat has 22 senses (first 11 from tagged texts) 1. (18) beat beat out crush, trounce, vanquish -- (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game") 2. (9) beat beat up -- (give a beating to subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students") 3. (8) beat -- (hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe") 4. (4) beat pound, thump -- (move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast") 5. (3) beat -- (shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares") 6. (2) drum, beat thrum -- (make a rhythmic sound: "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night") 7. (1) beat -- (glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us") 8. (1) beat flap -- (move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky") 9. (1) beat -- (sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind") 10. (1) beat scramble -- (stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; beat the cream") 11. (1) beat -- (strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically") 12. beat -- (be superior: "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!") 13. cheat, beat rip off chisel -- (deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money") 14. tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat -- (make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight") 15. beat flap -- (move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping") 16. beat -- (indicate by beating; as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm") 17. beat -- (make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest") 18. beat -- (produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly: "beat the drum") 19. beat -- (strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting) 20. outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat circumvent -- (beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors") 21. perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound -- (be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!") 22. exhaust, wash up beat tucker, tucker out -- (wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam") Overview of adj beat The adj beat has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. all in beat bushed, dead -- ((informal) very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip") Antonyms of adj beat 1 sense of beat Sense 1 all in(prenominal), beat(prenominal), bushed(prenominal), dead(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA tired) -> rested Similarity of adj beat 1 sense of beat Sense 1 all in(prenominal), beat(prenominal), bushed(prenominal), dead(prenominal) => tired (vs. rested) Attributes of adj beat Familiarity of adj beat beat used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj beat beat beat-up beatable beaten beaten-up beatific beatified beating offbeat upbeat Overview of noun beat The noun beat has 10 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (1) beat round -- (a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name") 2. (1) pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat -- (the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart") 3. (1) rhythm, beat musical rhythm -- (the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat") 4. beat -- (a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations) 5. beatnik, beat -- (a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior) 6. beat -- (the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum") 7. meter, measure, beat cadence -- ((prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse) 8. beat -- (a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat") 9. beat -- (a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe") 10. beat -- (the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing) Overview of verb beat The verb beat has 22 senses (first 11 from tagged texts) 1. (18) beat beat out crush, trounce, vanquish -- (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game") 2. (9) beat beat up -- (give a beating to subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students") 3. (8) beat -- (hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe") 4. (4) beat pound, thump -- (move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast") 5. (3) beat -- (shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares") 6. (2) drum, beat thrum -- (make a rhythmic sound: "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night") 7. (1) beat -- (glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us") 8. (1) beat flap -- (move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky") 9. (1) beat -- (sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind") 10. (1) beat scramble -- (stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; beat the cream") 11. (1) beat -- (strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically") 12. beat -- (be superior: "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!") 13. cheat, beat rip off chisel -- (deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money") 14. tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat -- (make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight") 15. beat flap -- (move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping") 16. beat -- (indicate by beating; as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm") 17. beat -- (make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest") 18. beat -- (produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly: "beat the drum") 19. beat -- (strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting) 20. outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat circumvent -- (beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors") 21. perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound -- (be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!") 22. exhaust, wash up beat tucker, tucker out -- (wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam") Overview of adj beat The adj beat has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. all in beat bushed, dead -- ((informal) very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip")
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