| noun | a regular route for a sentry or policeman “in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name” |
| noun | the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart “he could feel the beat of her heart” |
| noun | the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music “the piece has a fast rhythm” |
| 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 member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior |
| noun | the sound of stroke or blow “he heard the beat of a drum” |
| noun | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
| noun | a regular rate of repetition “the cox raised the beat” |
| noun | a stroke or blow “the signal was two beats on the steam pipe” |
| noun | the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing |
| verb | come out better in a competition, race, or conflict “Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship” |
| verb | 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” |
| verb | hit repeatedly “beat on the door” |
| verb | move rhythmically “Her heart was beating fast” |
| verb | shape by beating “beat swords into ploughshares” |
| verb | make a rhythmic sound “Rain drummed against the windshield” |
| verb | glare or strike with great intensity “The sun was beating down on us” |
| verb | move with a thrashing motion “The bird flapped its wings” |
| verb | sail with much tacking or with difficulty “The boat beat in the strong wind” |
| verb | stir vigorously “beat the egg whites” |
| verb | strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music “beat one's breast” |
| verb | be superior “Reading beats watching television” |
| verb | avoid paying “beat the subway fare” |
| verb | make a sound like a clock or a timer “the clocks were ticking” |
| verb | move with a flapping motion “The bird's wings were flapping” |
| verb | indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks “Beat the rhythm” |
| verb | move with or as if with a regular alternating motion “the city pulsated with music and excitement” |
| verb | make by pounding or trampling “beat a path through the forest” |
| verb | produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly “beat the drum” |
| verb | strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting |
| verb | beat through cleverness and wit “I beat the traffic” |
| verb | be a mystery or bewildering to “This beats me!” |
| verb | wear out completely “This kind of work exhausts me” |
| adjective | very tired “was all in at the end of the day” |
| pulse | verb | expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically |
| pulsate | verb | expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically |
| beat | verb | move rhythmically |
| metrical | adjective | the rhythmic arrangement of syllables |
| beatable | adjective | susceptible to being defeated |
| beating | noun | the act of overcoming or outdoing |
| trouncing | noun | a sound defeat |
| vanquishable | adjective | susceptible to being defeated |
| vanquisher | noun | someone who is victorious by force of arms |
| beat | noun | the sound of stroke or blow |
| beater | noun | an implement for beating |
| pounding | noun | an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart) |
| drummer | noun | someone who plays a drum |
| flap | noun | the motion made by flapping up and down |
| flapping | noun | the motion made by flapping up and down |
| tick | noun | any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals |
| ticker | noun | a small portable timepiece |
| ticking | noun | a metallic tapping sound |
| ticktock | noun | steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock |
| puzzle | noun | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution |
| puzzlement | noun | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
| puzzler | noun | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution |
| mystification | noun | something designed to mystify or bewilder |
| mystifier | noun | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution |
| mystery | noun | something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained |
| bafflement | noun | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
| poser | noun | a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem |
| bewilderment | noun | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
| stupefaction | noun | a feeling of stupefied astonishment |
| exhaustion | noun | the act of exhausting something entirely |