Definizione monolingua

beat

beat (third-person singular simple present beats, present participle beating, simple past beat, past participle beaten)

1. (transitive) To hit; to knock; to pound; to strike.

   As soon as she heard the news, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled.

2. (transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.

   He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque.

3. (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.

   Jan had little trouble beating John in tennis. He lost five games in a row.

   No matter how quickly Joe finished his test, Roger always beat him.

   I just cant seem to beat the last level of this video game.

4. (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
5. To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.

   Beat the eggs and whip the cream.

6. (transitive, UK, In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price

   He wanted $50 for it, but I managed to beat him down to $35.

7. (nonstandard) Past participle of beat
   • 1825?, ""Hannah Limbrick, Executed for Murder"", in The Newgate Calendar: comprising interesting memoirs of the most notorious characters, page 231:

     Thomas Limbrick, who was only nine years of age, said he lived with his mother when Deborah was beat: that his mother throwed her down all along with her hands; and then against a wall [...]

8. (transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.

   to beat a retreat; to beat to quarters

beat (plural beats)

1. A pulsation or throb.
2. 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.
3. A rhythm.
4. The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
5. A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
6. (law enforcement) The route of a patrol by a guard or officer as in walk the beat.
7. In newspapering, the primary focus of a reporters stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
8. The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.

beat (comparative more beat, superlative most beat)

1. (gay slang) fabulous

   Her makeup was beat!

2. exhausted

   After the long day, she was feeling completely beat.

3. (US slang) dilapidated, beat up

   Dude, you drive a beat car like that and you ain’t gonna get no honeys.

Definizione dizionario beat

	battere
	to win against
	to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike
	To end in success a struggle or contest.

	sconfiggere
	To end in success a struggle or contest.

picchiare

	colpire
	to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike

battimenti

polso

pulsare

	vincere
	Superare per qualità, capacità, virtù e sim.

aggredire

agitare

ammazzare

armeggiare

attaccare

bacchettare

bastonare

battimento

battito

battuta

brandire

bussare

calmare

castigare

colpo

confondere

conquistare

debilitare

demolire

distruggere

duellare

fervere

frullare

lasciare perplesso

martellare

palpitare

palpito

percorrere

percuotere

pestare

picchiarsi

placare

rimescolare

ritmo

sbaragliare

sbatacchiare

sbattere

sbattersene

scalcagnare

stravincere

suono

superare

tempo

ticchettio

tremare

trionfare

uccidere

Altri significati:

A pause with the camera focused on one shot, often a character's face (often used in screenplays/teleplays).

To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.

In newspapering, the primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).

A small part of a dramatic play.

rhythm

(Should we delete <sup>(+)</sup> this redundant sense?) (impersonal): '''It beats X Y''' = '''X cannot understand Y''' , where Y is an indirect question.

beat (someone in battle)

A pulsation or throb.

to strike or pound repeatedly

interference between two tones of almost equal frequency

pulsation

(transitive) To hit; to knock; to pound; to strike.

set out (forth)

beat (on something)

(transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.

(law enforcement) The route of a patrol by a guard or officer as in '''walk the beat''' .

attack (an enemy)

(musical) time

(to) strike

(transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.

The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.

law enforcement: route of a patrol by a guard or officer

beat (fast)

(transitive, UK, In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price

(intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.

(transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.

beat (with a stick)

snort (nose)

(nonstandard) Past participle of beat

(to) beat (with a stick)

A beatnik.

The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency

beat (rhythmic)

(gay slang) fabulous

exhausted

To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.

nautical

A rhythm.

Speed degree during a certain part of a song rythm.

to whip

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.