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How to pronounce beat
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What does beat mean?
nounA stroke; a blow.
A pulsation or throb.
“a beat of the heart”
A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
verbTo hit; to strike.
“As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled.”
To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
“He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque.”
To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
“Sees rolling tempests vainly beat below.”
adjExhausted.
“After the long day, she was feeling completely beat.”
Dilapidated, beat up.
“Dude, you drive a beat car like that and you ain’t gonna get no honeys.”
Having impressively attractive makeup.
“Her face was beat for the gods!”
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