beats

Words with a similar base: beats

'beats'

[beat_generation.n.01] as in: a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g.,

bebop)

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[beat.n.01] as in: a regular route for a sentry or policeman

Examples:
in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name

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[pulse.n.02] as in: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

Examples:
he could feel the beat of her heart

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[rhythm.n.01] as in: the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

Examples:
the piece has a fast rhythm
the conductor set the beat

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[beat.n.04] as in: 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

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[beatnik.n.01] as in: a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

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[beat.n.06] as in: the sound of stroke or blow

Examples:
he heard the beat of a drum

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[meter.n.03] as in: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

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[beat.n.08] as in: a regular rate of repetition

Examples:
the cox raised the beat

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[beat.n.09] as in: a stroke or blow

Examples:
the signal was two beats on the steam pipe

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[beat.n.10] as in: the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

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[beat.v.01] as in: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Examples:
Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
We beat the competition
Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game

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[beat.v.02] as in: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

Examples:
Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night
The teacher used to beat the students

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[beat.v.03] as in: hit repeatedly

Examples:
beat on the door
beat the table with his shoe

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[beat.v.04] as in: move rhythmically

Examples:
Her heart was beating fast

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[beat.v.05] as in: shape by beating

Examples:
beat swords into ploughshares

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[drum.v.01] as in: make a rhythmic sound

Examples:
Rain drummed against the windshield
The drums beat all night

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[beat.v.07] as in: glare or strike with great intensity

Examples:
The sun was beating down on us

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[beat.v.08] as in: move with a thrashing motion

Examples:
The bird flapped its wings
The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky

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[beat.v.09] as in: sail with much tacking or with difficulty

Examples:
The boat beat in the strong wind

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[beat.v.10] as in: stir vigorously

Examples:
beat the egg whites
beat the cream

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[beat.v.11] as in: strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

Examples:
beat one's breast
beat one's foot rhythmically

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[beat.v.12] as in: be superior

Examples:
Reading beats watching television
This sure beats work!

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[beat.v.13] as in: avoid paying

Examples:
beat the subway fare

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[tick.v.02] as in: make a sound like a clock or a timer

Examples:
the clocks were ticking
the grandfather clock beat midnight

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[beat.v.15] as in: move with a flapping motion

Examples:
The bird's wings were flapping

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[beat.v.16] as in: indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks

Examples:
Beat the rhythm

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[pulsate.v.02] as in: move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

Examples:
the city pulsated with music and excitement

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[beat.v.18] as in: make by pounding or trampling

Examples:
beat a path through the forest

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[beat.v.19] as in: produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

Examples:
beat the drum

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[beat.v.20] as in: strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

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[outwit.v.01] as in: beat through cleverness and wit

Examples:
I beat the traffic
She outfoxed her competitors

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[perplex.v.01] as in: be a mystery or bewildering to

Examples:
This beats me!
Got me--I don't know the answer!
a vexing problem
This question really stuck me

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[exhaust.v.01] as in: wear out completely

Examples:
This kind of work exhausts me
I'm beat
He was all washed up after the exam

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