Definition of beat

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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..

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Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters..
Chalybeate :: Chalybeate (n.) Any water, liquid, or medicine, into which iron enters as an ingredient..
Threap :: Threap (v. t.) To beat, or thrash..
Badger :: Badger (v. t.) To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To be in agitation or doubt.
Churn :: Churn (v. t.) To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter..
Batter :: Batter (v. t.) To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart..
Tremolo :: Tremolo (n.) A certain contrivance in an organ, which causes the notes to sound with rapid pulses or beats, producing a tremulous effect; -- called also tremolant, and tremulant..
Stormcock :: Storm-beat (a.) Beaten, injured, or impaired by storms..
Plangency :: Plangency (n.) The quality or state of being plangent; a beating sound.
Track :: Track (n.) A road; a beaten path.
Scutch :: Scutch (v. t.) To beat or whip; to drub.
Plangent :: Plangent (a.) Beating; dashing, as a wave..
Browbeat :: Browbeat (v. t.) To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses..
Swingle :: Swingle (v. t.) To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch..
Slam :: Slam (v. t.) To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff..
Steeled :: Steel (n.) A chalybeate medicine.
Chamade :: Chamade (n.) A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum.
Rappel :: Rappel (n.) The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.
Pathless :: Pathless (a.) Having no beaten path or way; untrodden; impenetrable; as, pathless woods..
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