browse words by letter
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
beating definition
beating |
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 beating beating beating-reed instrument Overview of noun beating The noun beating has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) beating, whipping -- (the act of overcoming or outdoing) 2. beating, thrashing, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking -- (the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows) 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 beating The adj beating has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. beating, pulsating, pulsing -- (expanding and contracting rhythmically as to the beating of the heart; "felt the pulsating artery"; "oh my beating heart") Antonyms of adj beating 1 sense of beating Sense 1 beating, pulsating, pulsing INDIRECT (VIA rhythmical) -> unrhythmical, unrhythmic Similarity of adj beating 1 sense of beating Sense 1 beating, pulsating, pulsing => rhythmical (vs. unrhythmical), rhythmic Attributes of adj beating Familiarity of adj beating beating used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj beating beating Overview of noun beating The noun beating has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) beating, whipping -- (the act of overcoming or outdoing) 2. beating, thrashing, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking -- (the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows) 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 beating The adj beating has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. beating, pulsating, pulsing -- (expanding and contracting rhythmically as to the beating of the heart; "felt the pulsating artery"; "oh my beating heart")
beating definition
This work is licensed under a
