Definition of beat

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Beat (v. t.) To punish by blows; to thrash.

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Plangent :: Plangent (a.) Beating; dashing, as a wave..
Beatifical :: Beatifical (a.) Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment; blissful.
Dead Beat :: Dead beat () See Beat, n., 7..
Bandy :: Bandy (v. t.) To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy..
Tremolo :: Tremolo (n.) A certain contrivance in an organ, which causes the notes to sound with rapid pulses or beats, producing a tremulous effect; -- called also tremolant, and tremulant..
Beating :: Beating (n.) Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart..
Battery :: Battery (v. t.) The act of battering or beating.
Beat :: Beat (n.) A stroke; a blow.
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) 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..
Plate :: Plate (v. t.) To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminae..
Dowse :: Dowse (v. t.) To beat or thrash.
Beat :: Beat (n.) A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8..
Beatify :: Beatify (v. t.) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness..
Manductor :: Manductor (n.) A conductor; an officer in the ancient church who gave the signal for the choir to sing, and who beat time with the hand, and regulated the music..
Squash :: Squash (v. i.) To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
Beat :: Beat (n.) A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse..
Swinglebar :: Swingle (n.) A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; -- called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand..
Drum :: Drum (v. t.) (With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up recruits; to drum up customers..
Drum :: Drum (v. i.) To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his wings..
Track :: Track (n.) A road; a beaten path.
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