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Definition of beat

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Beat (v. t.) To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum..

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Syncope :: Syncopation (n.) The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows..

Lambaste :: Lambaste (v. t.) To beat severely.

Flail :: Flail (n.) An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a swipe, is so hung as to swing freely..

General :: General (a.) The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general..

Pommel :: Pommel (v. t.) To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists..

Reed :: Reed (n.) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten..

Beating :: Beating (n.) The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.

Winnew :: Winnew (n.) To beat with wings, or as with wings..

Belam :: Belam (v. t.) To beat or bang.

Beatify :: Beatify (v. t.) To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of the blessed and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized..

Mill :: Mill (n.) To beat with the fists.

Fainting :: Fainting (n.) Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak..

Tuck :: Tuck (n.) The beat of a drum.

Beatified :: Beatified (imp. & p. p.) of Beatif.

Whaler :: Whaler (n.) One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size..

Smite :: Smite (v. i.) To strike; to collide; to beat.

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..

Frosting :: Frosting (n.) A composition of sugar and beaten egg, used to cover or ornament cake, pudding, etc..

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..

Ruff :: Ruff (v. t.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum..