Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: beat
IPA transcription: [b'it]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: all_in(p), beat(p), bushed(p), dead(p)
    Meaning: very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: beat, round
    Meaning: a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
  • Synonyms: pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat
    Meaning: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
  • Synonyms: rhythm, beat, musical_rhythm
    Meaning: the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: beat, beat_out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
    Meaning: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
  • Synonyms: beat, beat_up, work_over
    Meaning: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
  • Synonyms: beat
    Meaning: hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
  • Synonyms: beat, pound, thump
    Meaning: move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
  • Synonyms: beat
    Meaning: shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares"
  • Synonyms: drum, beat, thrum
    Meaning: make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
  • Synonyms: beat
    Meaning: glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us"
  • Synonyms: beat, flap
    Meaning: move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
  • Synonyms: beat
    Meaning: sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind"
  • Synonyms: beat, scramble
    Meaning: stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"
  • Synonyms: beat
    Meaning: strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically"
Usage examples
  • Beat!
  • Beat well.
  • "Who beat?"
  • "Beat it quietly."
  • 'I'm beat,' he said.
  • I hope you beat him!"
  • "Beat me! how can you?
  • Beat all well together.
  • Now, doesn't that beat all?
  • The sun beat full upon them.