The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - beatv.

1) strike, pound, bash, smite, batter, pummel or pommel, belabour, pelt, clout, thrash, give (someone) a thrashing or beating, drub, manhandle, thump, whack, cane, scourge, whip, bludgeon, club, cudgel, fustigate; whip, flog, lash , Colloq clobber, wallop, give (someone) a once-over: At first he refused to tell them, but then they beat it out of him. 2) defeat, best, worst, win (out) over, vanquish, trounce, rout, outdo, subdue, overcome, overwhelm, pre-empt; surpass, conquer, crush, master, US beat out: Can they beat Manchester United for the cup? He first beat the Danes, then the Russians. 3) throb, pulsate, palpitate, pound, thump: I could feel my heart beating against my ribs. 4) Nautical tack: Close-hauled, the sloop was beating to windward against the howling gale. 5) hammer, forge, shape, form, fashion, make, mould: They shall beat their swords into ploughshares. 6) mix, whip, stir, blend: Beat two eggs, then add the flour and sugar. 7) tread, wear, trample: The hunters beat a path through the forest. 8) beat it. depart, leave, abscond, run off or away, Slang US take it on the lam, lam out of here, US hit the road: You'd better beat it before the cops come. 9) beat off. drive off or away, rout: We beat off our attackers, who fled into the forest. --n. 1) 0 stroke, blow: The signal was to be three beats of a tin cup on the pipes. 1) 1 rhythm, tempo, measure; pulse, throb, stress, pulsation: In boogie-woogie the beat is eight to the bar. 1) 2 course, round, tour, route, circuit, run, path; area, bailiwick: In the old days, it was the bobby on the beat who prevented a lot of crime. As a reporter, my beat is the financial news. --adj. 1) 3 dead beat, exhausted, spent, drained, worn out, weary, bone-tired, fatigued, fagged: I was really beat after completing the marathon.