Definition of beat

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Beat (n.) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit..

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Threap :: Threap (v. t.) To beat, or thrash..
Castanets :: Castanets (n. pl.) Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat..
Pulsatile :: Pulsatile (a.) Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument..
Knead :: Knead (v. t.) Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat.
Flogger :: Flogger (n.) A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung.
Beaten :: Beaten () of Bea.
Pommel :: Pommel (v. t.) To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists..
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..
Belabor :: Belabor (v. t.) To beat soundly; to cudgel.
Beating :: Beating (n.) The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.
Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his men or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person..
Abature :: Abature (n.) Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.
Double-beat Valve :: Double-beat valve () See under Valve.
Pathway :: Pathway (n.) A footpath; a beaten track; any path or course. Also used figuratively.
Chalybeate :: Chalybeate (a.) Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs..
Clapcake :: Clapcake (n.) Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin.
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..
Beat :: Beat (p. p.) of Bea.
Swingle :: Swingle (v. t.) To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch..
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