Definition of beat

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Beat (v. i.) A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat..

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Kutch :: Kutch (n.) The packet of vellum leaves in which the gold is first beaten into thin sheets.
Jacket :: Jacket (v. t.) To thrash; to beat.
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..
Drub :: Drub (v. t.) To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.
Rebuff :: Rebuff (v. t.) To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously..
To- :: To- (prep.) An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv..
Pathway :: Pathway (n.) A footpath; a beaten track; any path or course. Also used figuratively.
Pulsatile :: Pulsatile (a.) Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument..
Abature :: Abature (n.) Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.
Knocking :: Knocking (n.) A beating; a rap; a series of raps.
Malleable :: Malleable (a.) Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals..
Ply :: Ply (v. i.) To work to windward; to beat.
Beat :: 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..
Bet :: Bet () imp. & p. p. of Beat.
Battering-ram :: Battering-ram (n.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat..
Swinglebar :: Swingle (n.) A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; -- called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand..
Contusion :: Contusion (n.) The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised..
Lash :: Lash (v. t.) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail..
Swap :: Swap (v. t.) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap..
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