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beat
  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. (music) [specifically] The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.
  6. The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
  7. A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
  8. The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
  9. (by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially
    1. In journalism, the primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
  10. (dated) An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.
  11. (colloquial, dated) That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.
  12. (dated) A place of habitual or frequent resort.
  13. (archaic) A low cheat or swindler.
  14. The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
  15. (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
  16. (fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
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  18. Examples:
    1. “Jack delivered a thumping beat to the punching bag.”
      “My heart skipped a beat when I realized that I would finally be meeting her.”
      “This hip-hop song has a good beat to dance to.”
beating
  1. The action by which someone or something is beaten.
  2. A heavy defeat or setback.
  3. The pulsation of the heart.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Police, who were called to the scene shortly before 8pm, believe Paul was the victim of a motiveless beating which could have involved up to 14 youths.”
      “The first thing I was aware of was the slow, rhythmic beating of a heart.”
      “The women's team experienced a beating at the hands of their archrivals.”
beatdown
  1. (slang) a severe beating
  2. (professional wrestling slang) A prescribed situation, usually to advance an angle or establish character, where two or more wrestlers severely beat up another wrestler or performer.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “I was just as surprised as you when I realized that the beatdown victims in the story shared your names, and your general physical descriptions.”
      “He can administer a major beatdown, but don't expect any pearls of wisdom from this swiney fellow.”
      “Then he got a brutal beatdown from a GOP foot soldier that was captured on camera and has gone viral.”
beatmaker
  1. A music producer in hip-hop etc., responsible for constructing a beat and melody (often composed of samples).
beatmatching
  1. (music) The synchronization of beats in two pieces of music, as performed by a disc jockey in order to mix tracks seamlessly.
beatscape
  1. (music) A musical piece or passage consisting of richly textured beats
beatlessness
  1. Absence of a beat in music.
beatee
  1. One who receives a beating.
beatenness
  1. The quality of being beaten.
beat
  1. A beatnik.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Jack delivered a thumping beat to the punching bag.”
      “My heart skipped a beat when I realized that I would finally be meeting her.”
      “This hip-hop song has a good beat to dance to.”
beatmakers
  1. plural of beatmaker
beatscapes
  1. plural of beatscape
beatdowns
beatings
  1. plural of beating
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Ministry of Interior officials were responsible for most incidents of abuse of prisoners, including beatings, whippings, and sleep deprivation.”
      “But there's a major difference between believing in demonic possession and using torture and beatings to exorcize children.”
      “After the war he was invalided out of the Army because of back injuries suffered through beatings by German soldiers.”
beatees
  1. plural of beatee
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