Definition of beat

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Beat (v. t.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc..

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Throb :: Throb (n.) A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation:.
Backgammon :: Backgammon (v. i.) In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first table..
Get :: Get (v. i.) To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected..
Rataplan :: Rataplan (n.) The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse..
Putty :: Putty (n.) A kind of thick paste or cement compounded of whiting, or soft carbonate of lime, and linseed oil, when applied beaten or kneaded to the consistence of dough, -- used in fastening glass in sashes, stopping crevices, and for similar purposes..
Tattoo :: Tattoo (n.) A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp..
Bushwhacker :: Bushwhacker (n.) One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes..
Undulation :: Undulation (n.) The pulsation caused by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison; -- called also beat.
Knocking :: Knocking (n.) A beating; a rap; a series of raps.
Pulsative :: Pulsative (a.) Beating; throbbing.
Tombac :: Tombac (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, / Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac..
Battery :: Battery (v. t.) The act of battering or beating.
Browbeating :: Browbeating (n.) The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions..
Rebate :: Rebate (n.) A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar..
Foliate :: Foliate (v. t.) To beat into a leaf, or thin plate..
Fob :: Fob (v.t.) To beat; to maul.
Flagellation :: Flagellation (n.) A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging.
Beat :: Beat (a.) Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted.
Whaler :: Whaler (n.) One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size..
Beat :: Beat (imp.) of Bea.
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