beat
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 rhythmADJECTIVE▪ regular, rhythmic, steady▪ pounding▪ disco, funky, hip-hop, techno, etc.▪
He chants his lyrics over an infectious disco beat.
▪ drum (usually drumbeat)▪ heart (usually heartbeat)▪ hoofVERB + BEAT▪ clap to, dance to, sway to▪They danced to the rhythmic beat of the music.
▪ feel▪She felt the beat of his heart.
▪ hear▪We heard the beat of distant drums.
▪ count▪Count four beats and then start singing.
PHRASES▪ two, three, four, etc. beats to the bar (BrE)▪The piece has four beats to the bar/measure.
▪ sb's heart misses a beat, sb's heart skips a beat (= sb feels very nervous)▪As I opened the letter, my heart missed a beat.
2 of a police officerVERB + BEAT▪ pound, walk (both BrE)▪We have two officers walking the beat after midnight.
PREPOSITION▪ on the beat▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}officers on the beat
verb1 in sports, business, politics, etc.ADVERB▪ comfortably (BrE), comprehensively (BrE), convincingly (esp. BrE), easily, handily (AmE), hands down, soundly▪He beat her hands down.
▪ consistently▪a higher-rated player who consistently beat her
▪ narrowly▪He was narrowly beaten by his opponent.
PREPOSITION▪ at▪She beat him at chess.
▪ by▪I beat her by just three points.
PHRASES▪ beat sb into second, third, etc. place▪He was beaten into second place by the American.
2 hit sbADVERB▪ badly, brutally, mercilessly, savagely, severely, soundly, violently▪ constantly, repeatedly, routinely▪His stepfather repeatedly beat his mother.
PREPOSITION▪ with▪She was beaten with a metal bar.
PHRASES▪ beat sb about the head (BrE), beat sb over the head▪He had been beaten over the head with a rock.
▪ beat sb to death▪ beat sb unconscious3 of heart/wingsADVERB▪ fast, frantically, furiously, painfully, rapidly, wildly▪I could feel my heart beating wildly.
▪ loudly4 mixADVERB▪ thoroughly, well▪Beat the mixture well, until it is light and creamy.
▪ lightly▪Add three eggs, lightly beaten.
Beat is used with these nouns as the object: ↑academy, ↑addiction, ↑blues, ↑butter, ↑cancer, ↑carpet, ↑challenger, ↑champion, ↑chest, ↑clock, ↑competitor, ↑cream, ↑crime, ↑drum, ↑egg, ↑expectation, ↑fist, ↑hand, ↑illness, ↑margarine, ↑odds, ↑opponent, ↑recession, ↑record, ↑retreat, ↑rhythm, ↑rival, ↑side, ↑system, ↑team, ↑time, ↑traffic, ↑white, ↑wife, ↑wing
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