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beat
verb
- To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: assail, assault, baste, batter, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thrash, thresh. Informal: lambaste. Slang: clobber. Idiom: rain blows on. See attack, strike
- To punish with blows or lashes: flog, hide2, lash, thrash, whip. Informal: trim. Slang: lay into, lick. See attack, reward
- To move (one's arms or wings, for example) up and down: flap, flitter, flop, flutter, waggle, wave. See repetition
- To indicate (time or rhythm), as with repeated gestures or sounds: count. Idioms: keep time , mark time. See repetition
- To make rhythmic contractions, sounds, or movements: palpitate, pound, pulsate, pulse, throb. See repetition, sounds
- To shape, break, or flatten with repeated blows: forge1, hammer, pound. See repetition, strike
- To mix rapidly to a frothy consistency: whip, whisk. See assemble, repetition
- To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition: best, conquer, defeat, master, overcome, prevail against or over, rout, subdue, subjugate, surmount, triumph over, vanquish, worst. Informal: trim, whip. Slang: ace, lick. Idioms: carry (or win) the day, get (or have) the best of, get (or have) the better of, go someone one better. See win
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Informal. To be greater or better than: best, better1, exceed, excel, outdo, outmatch, outrun, outshine, outstrip, pass, surpass, top, transcend. Idioms: go beyond, go one better. See big
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Slang. To make incapable of finding something to think, do, or say: confound, nonplus. Informal: flummox, stick, stump, throw. Idiom: put someone at a loss. See affect, knowledge
phrasal verb
beat down- To be projected with blinding intensity: blaze1, glare. See light
phrasal verb
beat off- To turn or drive away: fend (off), keep off, parry, repel, repulse, ward off. See allow, strike
noun
- A stroke or blow, especially one that produces a sound: clunk, pound, thud, thump. See attack, sounds, strike
- A periodic contraction or sound of something coursing: palpitation, pulsation, pulse, throb. See repetition, sounds
- The patterned, recurring alternation of contrasting elements, such as stressed and unstressed notes in music: cadence, cadency, measure, meter, rhythm, swing. See repetition
- An area regularly covered, as by a policeman or reporter: circuit, round, route. See territory
adjective
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Informal. Extremely tired: bleary, dead, drained, exhausted, fatigued, rundown, spent, tired out, wearied, weariful, weary, worn-down, worn-out. Informal: bushed, tuckered (out). Slang: done in, fagged (out), pooped (out). Idioms: all in, ready to drop. See health, tired
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