Definition of beat

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Beat (v. t.) To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.

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Stamp :: Stamp (v. t.) A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or bathing..
Rebut :: Rebut (v. t.) To drive or beat back; to repulse.
Scutch :: Scutch (v. t.) To beat or whip; to drub.
Ruff :: Ruff (v. t.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum..
Clapcake :: Clapcake (n.) Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin.
Sylleptic :: Syllepsis (n.) The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina beati..
Pulsator :: Pulsator (n.) That which beats or throbs in working.
Beaten :: Beaten (a.) Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use.
Surbedded :: Surbeat (v. t.) Same as Surbate.
Hollow :: Hollow (adv.) Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv..
Feague :: Feague (v. t.) To beat or whip; to drive.
Rappel :: Rappel (n.) The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.
Browbeating :: Browbeating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Browbea.
Against :: Against (prep.) From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof..
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t. & i.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff..
Suggillation :: Suggillate (v. t.) To beat livid, or black and blue..
Malleable :: Malleable (a.) Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals..
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..
Pounding :: Pounding (n.) The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating..
Tread :: Tread (v. t.) To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path..
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