Quick definitions from WordNet (beat)
▸ noun: the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
▸ noun: a stroke or blow ("The signal was two beats on the steam pipe")
▸ noun: a regular rate of repetition ("The cox raised the beat")
▸ noun: the sound of stroke or blow ("He heard the beat of a drum")
▸ noun: a regular route for a sentry or policeman ("In the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name")
▸ noun: 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
▸ noun: the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music ("The conductor set the beat")
▸ noun: a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
▸ noun: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
▸ noun: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart ("He could feel the beat of her heart")
▸ verb: move with a flapping motion
▸ verb: move with a thrashing motion ("The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky")
▸ verb: glare or strike with great intensity ("The sun was beating down on us")
▸ verb: avoid paying ("Beat the subway fare")
▸ verb: be superior ("Reading beats watching television")
▸ verb: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict ("Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship")
▸ verb: 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")
▸ verb: hit repeatedly ("Beat on the door")
▸ verb: strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
▸ verb: strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music ("Beat one's breast")
▸ verb: stir vigorously ("Beat the egg whites")
▸ verb: shape by beating ("Beat swords into ploughshares")
▸ verb: produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly ("Beat the drum")
▸ verb: make by pounding or trampling ("Beat a path through the forest")
▸ verb: move rhythmically ("Her heart was beating fast")
▸ verb: indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks ("Beat the rhythm")
▸ verb: sail with much tacking or with difficulty ("The boat beat in the strong wind")
▸ verb: make a rhythmic sound ("The drums beat all night")
▸ verb: move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
▸ verb: wear out completely ("I'm beat")
▸ verb: make a sound like a clock or a timer ("The grandfather clock beat midnight")
▸ verb: beat through cleverness and wit ("I beat the traffic")
▸ verb: be a mystery or bewildering to ("This beats me!")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #58553)
▸ Also see beat
▸ noun: the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
▸ noun: a stroke or blow ("The signal was two beats on the steam pipe")
▸ noun: a regular rate of repetition ("The cox raised the beat")
▸ noun: the sound of stroke or blow ("He heard the beat of a drum")
▸ noun: a regular route for a sentry or policeman ("In the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name")
▸ noun: 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
▸ noun: the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music ("The conductor set the beat")
▸ noun: a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
▸ noun: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
▸ noun: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart ("He could feel the beat of her heart")
▸ verb: move with a flapping motion
▸ verb: move with a thrashing motion ("The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky")
▸ verb: glare or strike with great intensity ("The sun was beating down on us")
▸ verb: avoid paying ("Beat the subway fare")
▸ verb: be superior ("Reading beats watching television")
▸ verb: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict ("Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship")
▸ verb: 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")
▸ verb: hit repeatedly ("Beat on the door")
▸ verb: strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
▸ verb: strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music ("Beat one's breast")
▸ verb: stir vigorously ("Beat the egg whites")
▸ verb: shape by beating ("Beat swords into ploughshares")
▸ verb: produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly ("Beat the drum")
▸ verb: make by pounding or trampling ("Beat a path through the forest")
▸ verb: move rhythmically ("Her heart was beating fast")
▸ verb: indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks ("Beat the rhythm")
▸ verb: sail with much tacking or with difficulty ("The boat beat in the strong wind")
▸ verb: make a rhythmic sound ("The drums beat all night")
▸ verb: move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
▸ verb: wear out completely ("I'm beat")
▸ verb: make a sound like a clock or a timer ("The grandfather clock beat midnight")
▸ verb: beat through cleverness and wit ("I beat the traffic")
▸ verb: be a mystery or bewildering to ("This beats me!")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #58553)
▸ Also see beat