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beatsnounpl. of beat a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrumentdelivered one hard beat on the drums bangs, bashes, bats, belts, biffs, blows, bops, boxes, buffets, busts, chops, claps, clips, clouts, cracks, cuffs, dabs, douses(British), fillips, hacks, haymakers, hits, hooks, knocks, larrups(dialect), lashes, licks, pelts, picks, plumps, pokes, pounds, punches, raps, slams, slaps, slugs, smacks, smashes, socks, spanks, stingers, stripes, strokes, swats, swipes, switches, thuds, thumps, thwacks, wallops, welts, whacks, whams, whops(also whaps) counterblows(or counter-blows), counterpunches, counters, counterstrokes(or counter-strokes)body blows, hands, kicks, knees, lefts, one-twos, rabbit punches, right-handers, rights, roundhouses, shivers, sidewinders, sucker punches, swings, uppercutscrunchers, kayos, knockdowns, knockouts, KOsbastinadoes(or bastinades), batterings, beatings, drubbings, lickings, pastings, thrashingswallopings, whippings, whips a rhythmic expanding and contractinga single beat of the heart is said to be all that separates the vice president from the presidency beatings, palpitations, pulsations, pulses, throbs fluctuations, oscillations, vibrationsquivers, trembles, tremors the recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensitymoved to the beat of the music cadences, measures, meters, rhythms accents, accentuations, emphases, stressesbackbeatsdrums, throbslilts, movements, sways, swingshexameters, pentameters, tetrameters, trimeters a very small space of timewithin a beat he was on the phone complaining about an error in his bill eyeblinks, flashes, heartbeats, instants, jiffies, jiffs, minutes, moments, nanoseconds, New York minutes, seconds, shakes, split seconds, trices, twinkles, twinklings, winks microsecondssnatches, spurts aeons(or eons), ages, eternities, foreversinfinities, lifetimes beatsverbpresent tense third-person singular of beatto strike repeatedlythey attacked and beat him, but fortunately he'll be fine bashes, bastes, bats, batters, belabors, belts, birches, bludgeons, buffets, bungs up, clubs, curries, does, drubs, fibs(British), flogs, hammers, hides, laces, lambastes(or lambasts), lashes, lathers, licks, mauls, messes (up), paddles, pelts, pommels, pounds, pummels, punches out, roughs (up), slates, slogs, switches, tans, thrashes, threshes, thumps, tromps, wallops, whales, whips, whops(or whaps), whups, works over assails, assaults, attacks, besets, boxes, busts, chops, clobbers, clouts, cracks, cudgels, cuffs, descends (on or upon), hits, jumps (on), knocks, lams, lays on, pastes, pounces (on or upon), punches, raids, rushes, slams, slaps, smacks, smashes, socks, spanks, storms, swats, swipes, thwacks, whacks, whams, whompsblackjacks, canes, cowhides, flagellates, fustigates, horsewhips, leathers, pistol-whips, rawhides, scourges, strapsgores, lacerates, woundsmaims, mangles, mutilates beats up on to achieve a victory overshe always beats everyone at checkers, but she's not as good at chess bests, conquers, defeats, dispatches, does down(British), gets, gets around, licks, masters, overbears, overcomes, overmatches, prevails (over), skunks, stops, subdues, surmounts, takes, trims, triumphs (over), upends, wins (against), worsts sweepsedges (out), noses out, pips(British)annihilates, blows away, blows out, bombs, breaks, buries, clobbers, creams, crushes, drubs, finishes, flattens, overwhelms, routs, shellacs, skins, slaughters, smokes(slang), snows under, thrashes, trounces, upsets, wallops, waxes(slang), whipscaps, excels, flourishes, scores, succeedsknocks off, knocks over, overpowers, overthrows, subjugates, unseats, vanquishesaces (out), betters, eclipses, exceeds, excels, outdistances, outdoes, outfights, outshines, outstrips, overtops, surpasses, tops, transcends gets the better of, knocks for a loop loses (to) falls, gives up, goes down, goes undercollapses, fails, flops, flunks, folds, washes out to be greater, better, or stronger thanthis new animated feature sure beats everything else that's ever been done in animation betters, eclipses, exceeds, excels, outclasses, outdistances, outdoes, outguns, outmatches, outshines, outstrips, overtops, surpasses, tops, towers (over), transcends one-ups, outpaces, outraces, outruns, overpassesbests, clobbers, conquers, crushes, defeats, drubs, licks, masters, outcompetes, outperforms, overcomes, overmatches, prevails (over), routs, shames, skunks, subdues, surmounts, thrashes, trims, triumphs (over), trounces, wallops, whips, wins (against), worstsoutbalances, outweighs, overbears, overshadows, trumps goes one better, runs circles around(or runs rings around) loses (to) to expand and contract in a rhythmic mannerthe patient's heart beats roughly 60 times per minute palpitates, pit-a-pats, pitter-patters, pulsates, pulses, throbs fluctuates, oscillates, vibratesquivers, trembles to move or cause to move with a striking motionthe bird's wings beat strongly as it soared in the air flails, flaps, flops, flutters, whips bangs, batters, buffets, knocks, pounds, smacks, spanks, thumpsflickers, flicks, flitsfans, oscillates, sways, swingsundulates, wavespalpitates, pulses, throbs to prevent from achieving a goalyou beat me to it baffles, balks, checkmates, discomfits, foils, frustrates, thwarts bars, blocks, clogs, encumbers, fetters, hampers, handicaps, hinders, hobbles, holds back, impedes, inhibits, interferes (with), manacles, obstructs, shackles, ties up, trammelsarrests, checks, halts, sets back, short-circuits, stalls, stopsaverts, forestalls, obviates, precludes, preventsnegates, neutralizes, nullifiescounteracts, offsetsconquers, defeats, overcomes advances, cultivates, encourages, forwards, fosters, furthers, nurtures, promotes abets, aids, assistseases, facilitates, smooths(also smoothes) to shape with a hammerthe medieval artisans who beat iron into exquisite swords draws, forges, hammers, pounds chases, planishesfashions, forms, kneads, models, molds, pats, workscoins, mints, stampsabates, boasts, carves, chisels, cuts, graves, hews, knaps, sculpts, sculptures to shine with a bright harsh lightthe tropical sun beat down on our heads without mercy blazes, burns, flames, flares, glares beams, glows, radiatesflashes, glances, gleams, glimmers, glints, glistens, glisters, glitters, scintillates, shimmers, sparkles, twinklesbedazzles, blinds, dazes, dazzles to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmicallybeat the drum in a marching rhythm drums, raps, taps bangs, bashes, bats, bonks, bops, hammers, hits, knocks, pastes, pounds, slams, smacks, socks, strikes, swats, thuds, thumps, thwacks, wallops, whackschinks, clatters, clinks, pingspats, pit-a-pats, pitter-patterschucks, claps, clicks, flicks, tips to throw into a state of mental uncertaintyit beats me how that slipup happened addles, baffles, bamboozles, befogs, befuddles, bemuses, bewilders, buffaloes, confounds, confuses, discombobulates, disorients, flummoxes, foxes, fuddles, gets, gravels, mazes, muddies, muddles, mystifies, perplexes, poses, puzzles, vexes sticks, stumps, weirds outabashes, discomfits, disconcerts, discountenances, embarrasses, fazes, flusters, mortifies, nonpluses(or nonplusses), rattlesagitates, bothers, chagrins, discomforts, discomposes, dismays, disquiets, distresses, disturbs, perturbs, stuns, unhinges, unsettles, upsetsbeguiles, cozens, deceives, deludes, dupes, fools, gulls, hoaxes, hoodwinks, humbugs, misguides, misleads, snows, strings along, takes in, tricks blows one's mind, goes to one's head assures, reassures, satisfiesenlightens, informs to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through clevernesshe spends all of his time trying to beat the system bypasses, circumvents, dodges, gets around, shortcuts, sidesteps, skirts avoids, ducks, eludes, end-runs, escapes, eschews, evades, outflanks, shakes, shirks, shunsdisobeys, disregards, flouts, ignoresaverts, deflects, diverts, obviates, parries, prevents, wards (off) complies (with), follows, keeps, obeys, observes accedes (to), acquiesces (to), assents (to)accepts, courts, embraces, pursues, seeks, welcomescatches, contracts, incurs to reduce to fine particlesyears of pounding had beaten the pebbles to a fine dust atomizes, brays, comminutes, crushes, disintegrates, grinds, mills, mulls, pounds, powders, pulverizes grates, kibblescrumbles, crunchesbreaks, busts, dashes, fractures, fragmentsshatters, smashes, splintersmicronizes to rob by the use of trickery or threatsthe screenwriter has filed a lawsuit, accusing the production company of beating him out of his share of the film's net profits bilks, bleeds, cheats, chisels, chouses, cons, cozens, defrauds, diddles, does, does in, euchres, fiddles, fleeces, flimflams, gaffs, gyps, hoses(slang), hustles, mulcts, nobbles(British slang), plucks, reams, rips off, rooks, screws, shakes down, shortchanges, shorts, skins, skunks, squeezes, sticks, stiffs, stings, suckers, swindles, thimblerigs, victimizes extorts, wrenches, wrests, wringsclips, gouges, nicks, overcharges, soaksexploits, milksdeceives, dupes, fools, gulls, tricksropes (in)betrays, bitches, double-crossesbamboozles, fast-talks sells a bill of goods to, takes for a ride, takes to the cleaners |