Beat
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /biːt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Beat is a noun meaning A stroke; a blow.
Meaning
A stroke; a blow.
More Meanings
- A pulsation or throb.
- A rhythm.
- The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
- The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency.
- (authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
- (by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially
- (music) 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.
Example Sentences
the beat of him
a beat of the heart
the beat of the pulse
It's a beat on the whole country.
Word Forms
- beats
- beating
- beated
- beaten
- beatest
- beateth
Synonyms for beat
Depending on context, synonyms include knock, pound, strike, hammer, whack, abuse.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thump, trounce, beat up, flap, crush, scramble.
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