Meaning of beat
Definition of beat
(adj)
very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip"
(noun)
a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"
a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
(verb)
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares"
move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"
strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically"
make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm"