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Meaning of beats
noun
- A stroke; a blow.
- A pulsation or throb. Example: a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse
- A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
- A rhythm.
- The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
verb
- To hit; strike Example: 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. Example: He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque.
- To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event. Example: I just can't seem to beat the last level of this video game.
noun
- A beatnik.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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