Definition of beat

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Beat (v. t.) To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out.

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Beatitude :: Beatitude (n.) Beatification.
Tympanist :: Tympanist (n.) One who beats a drum.
Feague :: Feague (v. t.) To beat or whip; to drive.
Throb :: Throb (v. i.) To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc..
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.
Against :: Against (prep.) From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof..
Beater :: Beater (n.) A person who beats up game for the hunters.
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse..
Cudgel :: Cudgel (v. t.) To beat with a cudgel.
Pommel :: Pommel (v. t.) To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists..
Fainting :: Fainting (n.) Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak..
Whack :: Whack (v. t.) To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; to thrash; to make with whacks.
Pulsatile :: Pulsatile (a.) Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument..
Hollow :: Hollow (adv.) Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv..
Battuta :: Battuta (n.) The measuring of time by beating.
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out.
Saltation :: Saltation (n.) Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery..
Suggillation :: Suggillate (v. t.) To beat livid, or black and blue..
Elysian :: Elysian (a.) Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific..
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