Definition of beat

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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..

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Tympanist :: Tympanist (n.) One who beats a drum.
Lather :: Lather (v. t.) To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog..
Hammer :: Hammer (v. t.) To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To beat down; to overthrow.
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out.
Repulse :: Repulse (v. t.) To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass..
Drub :: Drub (v. t.) To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.
Truncheon :: Truncheon (v. t.) To beat with a truncheon.
Brain :: Brain (v. t.) To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat..
Beath :: Beath (v. t.) To bathe; also, to dry or heat, as unseasoned wood..
Contusion :: Contusion (n.) The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised..
Blunge :: Blunge (v. t.) To amalgamate and blend; to beat up or mix in water, as clay..
Pounding :: Pounding (n.) The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating..
Hammer :: Hammer (n.) An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle..
Roll :: Roll (v.) The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
Winnew :: Winnew (n.) To beat with wings, or as with wings..
Bethump :: Bethump (v. t.) To beat or thump soundly.
Double-beat Valve :: Double-beat valve () See under Valve.
Beatitude :: Beatitude (n.) Any one of the nine declarations (called the Beatitudes), made in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. v. 3-12), with regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished by certain specified virtues..
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