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The correct spelling is beats.
How to pronounce beats
noun
IPA: /biːts/
Say it like: Bee-ts
The correct spelling is beats. 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.A stroke; a blow.
- 2.A pulsation or throb.
- 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.A rhythm.
- 5.The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
verb
- 1.To hit; strike
- 2.To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
- 3.To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- 4.To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- 5.To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.
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