Definition of beat

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Beat (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse..

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Slam :: Slam (v. t.) To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff..
Patrol :: Patrol (v.) t To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat..
Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
Swinge :: Swinge (v. t.) To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.
Ruba-dub :: Ruba-dub (n.) The sound of a drum when continuously beaten; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter..
Assault :: Assault (n.) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery..
Beat :: Beat (n.) A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8..
Dish :: Dish (v. t.) To frustrate; to beat; to ruin.
Pommel :: Pommel (v. t.) To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists..
Pathway :: Pathway (n.) A footpath; a beaten track; any path or course. Also used figuratively.
Surbedded :: Surbeat (v. t.) Same as Surbate.
Stock :: Stock (n.) The beater of a fulling mill.
Tricrotism :: Tricrotism (n.) That condition of the arterial pulse in which there is a triple beat. The pulse curve obtained in the sphygmographic tracing characteristic of tricrotism shows two secondary crests in addition to the primary.
Sillabub :: Sillabub (n.) A dish made by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus forming a soft curd; also, sweetened cream, flavored with wine and beaten to a stiff froth..
Beat :: Beat (n.) A stroke; a blow.
Measure :: Measure (n.) The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats..
Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc..
Bat :: Bat (v. t.) To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
Welk :: Welk (v. t.) To soak; also, to beat severely..
Suggillation :: Suggillate (v. t.) To beat livid, or black and blue..
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