Definition of beat

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Beat (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse..

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Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To punish by blows; to thrash.
Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) To beat with a heavy mallet.
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march..
Cobia :: Cobia (n.) An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada); the crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish..
Pitapat :: Pitapat (adv.) In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats.
Winter-beaten :: Winter-beaten (a.) Beaten or harassed by the severe weather of winter.
Transverberate :: Transverberate (v. t.) To beat or strike through.
Roll :: Roll (v.) The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
Thresher :: Thresher (n.) A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark..
Bet :: Bet () imp. & p. p. of Beat.
Bandy :: Bandy (v. t.) To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy..
Sphygmogram :: Sphygmogram (n.) A tracing, called a pulse tracing, consisting of a series of curves corresponding with the beats of the heart, obtained by the application of the sphygmograph..
Bethump :: Bethump (v. t.) To beat or thump soundly.
Fact :: Fact (n.) Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten..
Buffet :: Buffet (v. t.) To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.
Rammer :: Rammer (n.) An instrument for driving anything with force; as, a rammer for driving stones or piles, or for beating the earth to more solidity.
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters..
Pheese :: Pheese (v. t.) To comb; also, to beat; to worry..
Badger :: Badger (v. t.) To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
Pallet :: Pallet (n.) A wooden implement used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works. It is oval, round, and of other forms..
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