Word Finder - beats

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A stroke; a blow.

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A pulsation or throb.

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a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse

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A 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.

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A rhythm.

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The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency

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(authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect; a plot point or story development.

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The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.

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(by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially

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An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.

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That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.

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the beat of him

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A precinct.

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A place of habitual or frequent resort.

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A low cheat or swindler.

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a dead beat

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The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.

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The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.

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A smart tap on the adversary's blade.

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To hit; strike

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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.

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• hammer
• knock
• pound
• strike
• whack

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To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.

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He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque.

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To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.

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To move with pulsation or throbbing.

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To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.

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I just can't seem to beat the last level of this video game.

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To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.

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To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.

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To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.

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Beat the eggs and whip the cream.

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(In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price

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He wanted $50 for it, but I managed to beat him down to $35.

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• negotiate

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To indicate by beating or drumming.

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to beat a retreat; to beat to quarters

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To tread, as a path.

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To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.

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To be in agitation or doubt.

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To make a sound when struck.

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The drums beat.

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To make a succession of strokes on a drum.

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The drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.

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To 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.

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To arrive at a place before someone.

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He beat me there.

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To have sexual intercourse.

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Bruv, she came in just as we started to beat.

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• do it
• get it on
• have sex
• shag

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To rob.

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He beat me out of 12 bucks last night.

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A beatnik.

Beats me why he gave up.

Every time I get close to you, my heart beats faster.

The current formed by the trochus is a gigantic vortex-ring, the down stroke of the cilia being directly outwards, brit the wave beats running round the organ in uniform succession in one direc tion.

By British seamen it is commonly called the " molly mawk "1 (corrupted fromMallemuck),and is extremely well known to them, its flight, as it skims over the waves, first with a few beats of the wings and then gliding for a long way, being very peculiar.

Special grease is then rubbed in and the skin placed in a machine which softly and continuously beats in the softening mixture, after which it is put into a slowly revolving drum, fitted with wooden paddles, partly filled with various kinds of fine hard sawdust according to the nature of the furs dealt with.

The lyrics were weird, and sometimes they were downright disturbing, but the beats phenomenal (so phenomenal, in fact, that a lyric-free version of the album was released for the faint of heart).

There slowly successive phases of increased and of diminished tonus regularly alternate, and upon them are superposed the rhythmic "beats" of the pulsating heart.

Henry the Fowler beats back the Sla y s and places the outposts of Christendom along the Elbe and the Oder.

The significance of a common name and a common blood is immensely enhanced by its association with mystic rights and duties, and the pulse of brotherhood beats faster.

When this gland becomes enlarged, and its secretion consequently increases, the vessels dilate, the heart beats more rapidly, the skin becomes too hot, the nervous system becomes irritable, and tremors occur in the limbs.

The wasp, for instance, is said to ply its wings at the rate of i io, and the common house-fly at the rate of 330 beats per second.

Borelli was of opinion that flight resulted from the application of an inclined plane, which beats the air, and which has a wedge b action.

Small doses of any of them dilate the blood vessels from an action on the vaso-motor centre in the medulla oblongata, as a result of which the heart beats more rapidly and the blood circulates more freely; but larger doses have a general depressing effect upon the circulatory system.

Maybe something to do with her mother—like her mother mistreats her or beats her?

Nothing beats full adders, Anything in C, Nothing beats full adders, Nothing beats full adders to me.

He beats his breast, filled with deep anguish for the way he's lived.

Then add funky urban beats to opera arias from Rossini, Puccini, Donizetti, et al.

He beats the batsman 's slash outside off stump, before jamming one into the batsman's left wrist.

This can lead to irregular beats of the heart and weakness of some groups of muscles.

What James Hannam lacks in showmanship he makes up for with hypnotic beats and breaks.

I always saw it as an improvement over techno beats in Technique.

Features include - Precise scanning of just a few heart beats reduces overall scanning time by 50% compared with conventional digital monitors.

Quorn LPU is divided into six neighborhood beats, each with their own dedicated beat officers, supported by police community support officers.

There are salmon in six beats, and excellent brown trout in all lochs.

Its measure contains three crotchets or their equivalent; it is counted as three lively beats.

Thus a song with four doted crotchet beats may also be heard with six crotchet beats may also be heard with six crotchet beats.

The key to making these beats sound decent is pitching them down several semitones - this gives them a trashy feel.

A tortoise ride on the beach beats a donkey ride any day.

When work beats you down is when it becomes mere drudgery in the service of another.

Who'd be your first choices if you had to get other emcee 's in to use your beats?

This intellectual, precisely messy work takes Abstract expressionism and beats it at its own game.

However, nothing quite beats the thrill of suddenly finding a forebear on a film or handling a document signed by a great-great-great-grandfather.

You don't know how the heart beats When the musky fragrance of a lover precedes his entrance.

Continuing their odyssey through the world of 70's funk, 80's disco and 21st century house beats.

Sure beats hiring a goon to break your opponent's knees.

The second room will be playing laid-back grooves and moody beats for those wanting an alternative setting in which to savor the night.

The full fry There are many theories as to why nothing beats a full English breakfast in the event of a stinking hangover.

Incorporating rumba, ragga, Spanish guitar and myriad African beats, their music is instantly infectious and delivered with impeccable artistry.

The Trouble Their faith had missing " beats " .

Wentworth beats him to the draw and leaves on his forehead the seal of The Spider, an already notorious killer of criminals.

Far East has the distinctive Wookie beats and basslines we have all grown to love with a slightly oriental feel to the record.

In a world where profit usually beats principle, how can socially responsible investment become palatable?

Wonder how much quot said petty to him a book bad beats.

Something refreshing not based around heavy loud hip hop beats or guest rappers.

Once you've learned salsa 's dance pattern to the tumbao moderno, aligning 4 of clave's 5 beats is fairly straight-forward.

Attack (UK 2005) A white skinhead beats up some nice Black boys.

Nothing beats the feeling of seeing diamonds sparkle on your finger!

Which sure as hell beats licking stamps in the square mile.

Nonetheless, I hope Jin finds out and beats him like a ginger stepchild.

First of all ventricular tachycardia - tachycardia is a term used to describe a heart rate above 100 beats per minute.