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beat, thump, pound | move rhythmically | |
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beat, pulsate, quiver | move with or as if with a regular alternating motion | |
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beat | indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks | |
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beat | the sound of stroke or blow | |
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beat, crush, beat out, vanquish, shell, trounce | come out better in a competition, race, or conflict | |
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outsmart, overreach, beat, circumvent, outwit, outfox | beat through cleverness and wit | |
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beat | shape by beating | |
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beat, drum, thrum | make a rhythmic sound | |
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exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out | wear out completely | |
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beat | glare or strike with great intensity | |
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beat, round | a regular route for a sentry or policeman | |
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beat | the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing | |
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beat | a stroke or blow | |
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beat | strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting | |
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beat | [in music] produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly | |
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rhythm, beat, musical rhythm | the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music | |
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beat | hit repeatedly | |
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beat, scramble | [in cooking] stir vigorously | |
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beat | be superior | |
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tick, beat, ticktock, ticktack | make a sound like a clock or a timer | |
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beat | a regular rate of repetition | |
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beat | make by pounding or trampling | |
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heartbeat, beat, pulse, pulsation | the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | |
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beat, flap | move with a flapping motion | |
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beat | a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations | |
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beat | [in navigation] sail with much tacking or with difficulty | |
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measure, cadence, beat, meter, metre | [in prosody] the accent in a metrical foot of verse | |
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beat | strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music | |
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dead, all in, beat, bushed | very tired | |
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beatnik, beat | a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior | |
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beat, beat up, work over | give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression | |
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puzzle, bewilder, baffle, mystify, amaze, get, beat, stupefy, perplex, vex, stick, pose, flummox, nonplus, gravel, dumbfound | be a mystery or bewildering to | |
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beat, flap | move with a thrashing motion | |
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whip, whisk, beat | [in cooking] whip with or as if with a wire whisk | |
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beat, bunk | avoid paying |