beat

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English beten, from Old English bēatan (“to beat, pound, strike, lash, dash, thrust, hurt, injure”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to push, strike”). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: bēt, IPA(key): /biːt/ Homophone: beet Rhymes: -iːt ==== Noun ==== beat (plural beats) A stroke; a blow. A pulsation or throb. (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. A rhythm. (music) The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians. 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 The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard. (journalism) The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.). Synonym: newsbeat (dated) An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop. (colloquial, dated) That which beats, or surpasses, another or others. (dated or obsolete, Southern US) A precinct. (dated) A place of habitual or frequent resort. (Australia) An area frequented by gay men in search of sexual activity. See gay beat. (archaic) A low cheat or swindler. (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively. (fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade. (slang) A makeup look; compare beat one's face. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Pennsylvania German: biede ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== (piece of hip-hop music): backing track ==== Verb ==== beat (third-person singular simple present beats, present participle beating, simple past beat or (nonstandard) beated, past participle beaten or (colloquial) beat or (nonstandard) beated) (transitive) To hit; to strike. Synonyms: knock, pound, strike, hammer, whack; see also Thesaurus:attack, Thesaurus:hit (transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm. (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly. (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing. (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event. (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind. (transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting. To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip. (transitive, UK, in haggling for a price of a buyer) To persuade the seller to reduce a price. Synonym: negotiate (transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming. To tread, as a path. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble. To be in agitation or doubt. To make a sound when struck. (military, intransitive) To make a succession of strokes on a drum. To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and lesser intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations not perfectly in unison. (transitive) To arrive at a place before someone. (intransitive, MLE, MTE, slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse. Synonyms: do it, get it on, have sex, shag; see also Thesaurus:copulate (transitive, slang) To rob; to cheat or scam. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English bet (simple past of beten "to beat"), from Old English bēot (simple past of bēatan "to beat"). Middle English bet would regularly yield *beet; the modern form is influenced by the present stem and the past participle beaten, perhaps by analogy with the Early Modern English paradigm eat:eat (“ate”):eaten. Pronunciations with /ɛ/ (from Middle English bette, alternative simple past of beten) are possibly analogous to read (/ɹɛd/), led, met, etc. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: bēt, bĕt, IPA(key): /biːt/, (often proscribed) /bɛt/ Rhymes: -iːt, -ɛt Homophones: beet, bet ==== Verb ==== beat simple past tense of beat (especially colloquial) past participle of beat ==== Adjective ==== beat (comparative more beat, superlative most beat) (US slang) Exhausted. (slang) Dilapidated, beat up. (African-American Vernacular and gay slang) Having impressively attractive makeup. (slang) Boring. (slang, of a person) Ugly. ===== Synonyms ===== (exhausted): See also Thesaurus:fatigued (dilapidated): See also Thesaurus:ramshackle (boring): See also Thesaurus:boring (ugly): See also Thesaurus:ugly ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From beatnik, or beat generation. ==== Alternative forms ==== Beat ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: bēt, IPA(key): /biːt/ Homophone: beet Rhymes: -iːt ==== Noun ==== beat (plural beats) A beatnik. ==== Adjective ==== beat (comparative more beat, superlative most beat) Relating to the Beat Generation. === References === === Anagrams === Bate, Beta, Teba, abet, bate, beta == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin beātus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [beˈat] Rhymes: -at === Adjective === beat (feminine beata, masculine plural beats, feminine plural beates) saint, beatified ==== Derived terms ==== beateria === Noun === beat m (plural beats, feminine beata, feminine plural beates) monk === Related terms === beatífic === Further reading === “beat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “beat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “beat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “beat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English beat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bit/ Hyphenation: beat Rhymes: -it Homophones: bied, biedt, biet === Noun === beat m (plural beats, diminutive beatje n) a beat, a rhythmic pattern, notably in music (music) beat an early rock genre ==== Derived terms ==== beatmis beatmuziek === Anagrams === bate == Finnish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English beat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbiːt/, [ˈbiːt̪] Rhymes: -iːt === Noun === beat (jazz, hiphop, EDM) beat ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== biitti ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “beat”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[9] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English beat. === Adjective === beat (invariable) beat (50s US literary and 70s UK music scenes) === Noun === beat m (invariable) beat (rhythm accompanying music) === Anagrams === beta, tabe == Latin == === Verb === beat third-person singular present active indicative of beō == Megleno-Romanian == === Etymology === From a contracted Vulgar Latin form of Late Latin bibitus (“drunk”), from Latin bibō (“drink”). === Adjective === beat drunk == Romanian == === Etymology 1 === From a contracted Vulgar Latin form (possibly *beb(e)tus) of Late Latin bibitus (“drunk”), from Latin bibō (“drink”). Compare Spanish beodo. Doublet of băut ("beat" probably being of Transylvanian origin). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [be̯at] ==== Adjective ==== beat m or n (feminine singular beată, masculine plural beți, feminine/neuter plural bete) drunk, drunken, intoxicated; tipsy Synonyms: îmbătat; băut; (very formal) în stare de ebrietate; (slang) matol; (slang) matolit; (slang) pilit; (slang) mangă; (slang) țeapăn; (slang) cherchelit Antonym: treaz ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== beție ===== Related terms ===== bea bețiv îmbăta === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English beat. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [bit] ==== Noun ==== beat n (plural beaturi) (music) beat ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== instrumental ritm == Rukai == === Alternative forms === beate === Noun === beat meat == Volapük == === Noun === beat (genitive beata, plural beats) happiness ==== Declension ====