beat

1. (noun) A stroke; a blow. 2. (noun) A pulsation or throb. 3. (noun) 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. (noun) A rhythm. 5. (noun) The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency 6. (noun) (authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect; a plot point or story development. 7. (noun) The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard. 8. (noun) (by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially 9. (noun) An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop. 10. (noun) That which beats, or surpasses, another or others. 11. (noun) A precinct. 12. (noun) A place of habitual or frequent resort. 13. (noun) A low cheat or swindler. 14. (noun) The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music. 15. (noun) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively. 16. (noun) A smart tap on the adversary's blade. 17. (verb) To hit; strike 18. (verb) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm. 19. (verb) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly. 20. (verb) To move with pulsation or throbbing. 21. (verb) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event. 22. (verb) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind. 23. (verb) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting. 24. (verb) To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip. 25. (verb) (In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price 26. (verb) To indicate by beating or drumming. 27. (verb) To tread, as a path. 28. (verb) To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble. 29. (verb) To be in agitation or doubt. 30. (verb) To make a sound when struck. 31. (verb) To make a succession of strokes on a drum. 32. (verb) To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison. 33. (verb) To arrive at a place before someone. 34. (verb) To have sexual intercourse. 35. (verb) To rob. 36. (adjective) Exhausted 37. (adjective) Dilapidated, beat up 38. (adjective) Fabulous 39. (adjective) Boring 40. (adjective) (of a person) ugly