Definition of beat

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Beat (v. i.) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.

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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..
Surbedded :: Surbeat (v. t.) Same as Surbate.
Rebut :: Rebut (v. t.) To drive or beat back; to repulse.
Beatitude :: Beatitude (n.) Any one of the nine declarations (called the Beatitudes), made in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. v. 3-12), with regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished by certain specified virtues..
Ruba-dub :: Ruba-dub (n.) The sound of a drum when continuously beaten; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter..
Rappel :: Rappel (n.) The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.
Mall :: Mall (v. t.) To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.
Bang :: Bang (v. t.) To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it..
Whop :: Whop (v. t.) To beat or strike.
Beat :: Beat (n.) A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse..
Bastinado :: Bastinado (n.) A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like..
Trabeation :: Trabeation (n.) Same as Entablature.
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight..
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..
Polonaise :: Polonaise (n.) A stately Polish dance tune, in 3-4 measure, beginning always on the beat with a quaver followed by a crotchet, and closing on the beat after a strong accent on the second beat; also, a dance adapted to such music; a polacca..
Bet :: Bet () imp. & p. p. of Beat.
Smith :: Smith (n.) To beat into shape; to forge.
Knuckle :: Knuckle (v. t.) To beat with the knuckles; to pommel.
Swingle :: Swingle (v. t.) To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds.
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