beat

beat is a valid 4-letter word worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends.

Meaning

What does beat mean?

  • noun

    a regular route for a sentry or policeman

  • verb

    move with a flapping motion

  • noun

    the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

  • adjective

    very tired

  • verb

    move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

  • noun

    a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

  • noun

    (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

  • verb

    give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

  • verb

    move with a thrashing motion

  • verb

    beat through cleverness and wit

  • verb

    stir vigorously

  • verb

    come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

  • noun

    a regular rate of repetition

  • noun

    a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations

  • noun

    a stroke or blow

  • verb

    be superior

  • verb

    glare or strike with great intensity

  • verb

    hit repeatedly

  • verb

    indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks

  • verb

    make by pounding or trampling

  • verb

    produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

  • verb

    sail with much tacking or with difficulty

  • verb

    make a rhythmic sound

  • verb

    shape by beating

  • verb

    strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

  • verb

    strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

  • noun

    the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

  • noun

    the sound of stroke or blow

  • verb

    avoid paying

  • verb

    move rhythmically

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