beat
Noun
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same as: round
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is a type of: periodic event, recurrent event - an event that recurs at intervalssubtypes:
- diastole - the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood
- systole - the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery
- pounding, throb, throbbing - an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)
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is a type of: musical time - (music) the beat of musical rhythmsubtypes:
- backbeat - a loud steady beat
- downbeat - the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward)
- offbeat, upbeat - an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)
- syncopation - a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
same as: musical rhythm, rhythm -
is a type of: oscillation, vibration - (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
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is a type of: nonconformist, recusant - someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conductbelongs to: beat generation, beatniks, beats - a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)same as: beatnik
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is a type of: sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event
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subtypes:
- catalexis - the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse
- scansion - analysis of verse into metrical patterns
- common measure, common meter - the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad
- foot, metrical foot, metrical unit - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
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is a type of: stroke - a single complete movement
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is a type of: sailing - riding in a sailboat
Adjective
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domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechsimilar to: tired - depleted of strength or energy
Verb
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entail: win - be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorioussubtypes:
- outpoint, outscore - score more points than one's opponents
- walk over - beat easily
- eliminate - remove from a contest or race
- mop up, pip, rack up, whip, worst - defeat thoroughly
- whomp - beat overwhelmingly
- get the best, have the best, overcome - overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
- rout, spread-eagle, spreadeagle - defeat disastrously
- get the jump - be there first
- cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft - defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass - be or do something to a greater degree
- get over, master, overcome, subdue, surmount - get on top of; deal with successfully
- best, outdo, outflank, scoop, trump - get the better of
- outfight - to fight better than; get the better of
- overmaster, overpower, overwhelm - overcome by superior force
- checkmate, mate - place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
- immobilise, immobilize - make defenseless
- outplay - excel or defeat in a game
- bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash - beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
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entail: hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrumentsubtypes:
- strong-arm - use physical force against
- soak - beat severely
- pistol-whip - beat with a pistol
- belabor, belabour - beat soundly
- rough up - treat violently
- flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip - beat severely with a whip or rod
- cane, flog, lambast, lambaste - beat with a cane
- kayo, knock cold, knock out - knock unconscious or senseless
- flail, lam, thrash, thresh - give a thrashing to; beat hard
- baste, batter, clobber - strike violently and repeatedly
- larrup, paddle, spank - give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
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is a type of: strike - deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weaponsubtypes:
- full - beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening
- beat - strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- beetle - beat with a beetle
- bastinado - beat somebody on the soles of the feet
- coldcock, deck, dump, floor, knock down - knock down with force
- whang - beat with force
- paste - hit with the fists
- thrash, thresh - beat the seeds out of a grain
- hammer - beat with or as if with a hammer
verb group: beat - strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music -
is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motionsubtypes:verb group: beat - indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
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verb group: beat - indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
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is a type of: glare - shine intensely
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is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sensesubtypes:same as: flap
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referred to in: navigation, pilotage, piloting - the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to placeis a type of: sail - travel on water propelled by wind
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referred to in: cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heatis a type of: agitate, commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex - change the arrangement or position ofsame as: scramble
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is a type of: strike - deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weaponverb group: beat - hit repeatedly
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is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
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same as: bunk
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is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motionsame as: flap
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is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
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referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manneris a type of: play - perform music on (a musical instrument)verb group: beat - indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
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is a type of: beat - hit repeatedly
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is a type of: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearlysubtypes:
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is a type of: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary - exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stresssubtypes:
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