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beat

The correct spelling is beat.

How to pronounce beat

/biːt/
noun

IPA: /biːt/

Say it like: Bee-t

The correct spelling is beat. A stroke; a blow. For example: "a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse"

Usage Examples

a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse

the beat of him

a dead beat

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A stroke; a blow.
  2. 2.A pulsation or throb.
  3. 3.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.
  4. 4.A rhythm.
  5. 5.The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency

verb

  1. 1.To hit; strike
  2. 2.To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
  3. 3.To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
  4. 4.To move with pulsation or throbbing.
  5. 5.To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.

adjective

  1. 1.Exhausted
  2. 2.Dilapidated, beat up
  3. 3.Fabulous
  4. 4.Boring
  5. 5.(of a person) ugly

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