Definition of beat

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

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Cane :: Cane (v. t.) To beat with a cane.
Train :: Train (v.) The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.
Tombac :: Tombac (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, / Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac..
Clapcake :: Clapcake (n.) Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin.
Browbeating :: Browbeating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Browbea.
Thresh :: Thresh (v. t.) To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat..
Tick :: Tick (v. i.) To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat..
Bastinado :: Bastinado (n.) A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet..
Polygraph :: Polygraph (n.) An instrument for detecting deceptive statements by a subject, by measuring several physiological states of the subject, such as pulse, heartbeat, and sweating. The instrument records these parameters on a strip of paper while the subject is asked questions designed to elicit emotional responses when the subject tries to deceive the interrogator. Also called lie detector.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass..
Rebuff :: Rebuff (v. t.) To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously..
Blessed :: Blessed (a.) Beatified.
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum..
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..
Lather :: Lather (v. t.) To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog..
Beaten :: Beaten () of Bea.
Fob :: Fob (v.t.) To beat; to maul.
Mayonnaise :: Mayonnaise (n.) A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse..
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