A stroke; a blow.
He, […]with a careless beat, / Struck out the mute creation at a heat.
A pulsation or throb.
a beat of the heart
A beatnik.
The beats were pioneers with no destination, changing the world one impulse at a time.
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”), fro...
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As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled.
To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque.
simple past tense of beat
Dilapidated, beat up.
Dude, you drive a beat car like that and you ain’t gonna get no honeys.
Relating to the Beat Generation.
beat poetry