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beat

გამოთქმა: /biːt/

განმარტებულია beat სიტყვის თარგმნა ფლექსია სინონიმები ანტონიმები

ზედსართავი

Universal
  • 1 [predic.] informal completely exhausted:I’m beat—I need an hour or so to rest
  • 2 [attributive] relating to the beat generation or its philosophy:beat poet Allen Ginsberg

არსებითი სახელი

Universal
  • 1a main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry:the glissando begins on the second beat
  • a strong rhythm in popular music:the music changed to a funky disco beat
  • [in singular] a regular, rhythmic sound or movement:the beat of the wipers became almost hypnotic
  • the sound made when something, especially a musical instrument, is struck:he heard a regular drum beat
  • a pulsation of the heart.
  • a periodic variation of sound or amplitude due to the combination of two sounds, electrical signals, or other vibrations having similar but not identical frequencies.
  • 2the movement of a bird’s wings: the beat of the swallow’s wings as they dive after midges
  • 3an area allocated to a police officer and patrolled on foot:his beat was in North London public clamour for more policemen on the beat
  • a spell of duty allocated to a police officer:his beat ended at 6 a.m.
  • an area regularly frequented by someone: a few, new to their beat, looked at him with interest
  • informal a person’s area of interest:his beat is construction, property, and hotels
  • a stretch of water fished by an angler: you don’t necessarily have to fish on the priciest beats to find good sport
  • 4a brief pause or moment of hesitation:she waited for a beat of three seconds
    [from the use of a stage direction referring to such a pause]

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip:aristocratic women were often beaten by their husbands the victims were beaten to death with baseball bats
  • strike (an object) repeatedly so as to make a noise:he beat the table with his hand
  • [no object] (of an instrument) make a rhythmical sound through being struck:drums were beating in the distance
  • strike (a carpet, blanket, etc.) repeatedly in order to remove dust: upright cleaners have a motorized head which beats the carpet to loosen the dirt
  • flatten or shape (metal) by striking it repeatedly with a hammer:pure gold can be beaten out to form very thin sheets
  • (beat something against/on) strike something against (something):she beat her fists against the wood
  • [no object] strike repeatedly at or on something:Sidney beat on the door with the flat of his hand Emmie began to beat at the flames
  • move across (an area of land) repeatedly striking at the ground cover in order to raise game birds for shooting: they hire boys to beat the Yorkshire moors for game birds
  • 2defeat (someone) in a game or other competitive situation:she beat him easily at chess Juventus were beaten 2-1
  • overcome (a problem or disease):the battle to beat car crime he beat heroin addiction in 1992
  • do or be better than (a record or score):he beat his own world record
  • informal be better than:you can’t beat the taste of fresh raspberries
  • informal baffle:it beats me how you manage to work in this heat
  • 3succeed in getting somewhere ahead of (someone):the defender beat him to the ball
  • take action to avoid (difficulty or inconvenience):they set off early to beat the traffic
  • 4 [no object] (of the heart) pulsate:her heart beat faster with panic
  • 5(of a bird) move (the wings) up and down: doves wheel around the rooftops, beating their wings
  • [no object] (of a bird) fly making rhythmic wing movements:an owl beat low over the salt marsh
  • 6stir (cooking ingredients) vigorously to make a smooth or frothy mixture: beat the butter until light and fluffy beat the cream into the mixture
  • 7 (beat it) informal leave: [in imperative]:now beat it, will you!
  • 8 [no object, with adverbial of direction] Sailing sail into the wind, following a zigzag course with repeated tacking:we beat southwards all that first day

beat about the bush

discuss a matter without coming to the point: he never beat about the bush when something was annoying him

beat someone at their own game

see game1.

beat the bounds

historical mark parish boundaries by walking round them and striking certain points with rods: a large procession, headed by the clergyman, would beat the bounds over a period of two days

beat one's breast

see breast.

beat the bushes

North American informal search thoroughly:I was out beating the bushes for investors to split the risk

beat the clock

perform a task quickly or within a fixed time limit: frozen mixed vegetables help you beat the clock with this soup

beat the drum for

see drum1.

be beaten at the post

be defeated at the last moment.

beat one's (or the) meat

vulgar slang (of a man) masturbate.

beat the pants off

informal prove to be vastly superior to: it’s an ugly lump of plastic, but it sure beats the pants off the UK model

beat a path to someone's door

(of a large number of people) hasten to make contact with someone regarded as interesting or inspiring: the students and their professors beat a path to his door

beat a (hasty) retreat

withdraw quickly in order to avoid something unpleasant: as the bombs started to go off, they beat a hasty retreat across the field

beat the system

succeed in finding a means of getting round rules, regulations, or other means of control: it may be that we secretly admire those who try to beat the system

beat time

indicate or follow a musical tempo with a baton or other means.

beat someone to it

succeed in doing something or getting somewhere before someone else: you’d better get a move on or they’ll beat you to it

if you can't beat them, join them

humorous if you are unable to outdo rivals in some endeavour, you might as well cooperate with them and thereby possibly gain an advantage.

to beat all ——s

infinitely better than all the things of the specified type:a PC screen saver to beat all screen savers

to beat the band

North American informal in such a way as to surpass all competition:they were talking to beat the band

beat someone back

force (someone trying to do something) to retreat:I was beaten back by the flames

beat down

(of the sun) radiate intense heat and brightness: the sun beat down on them with fiery intensity
(of rain) fall hard and continuously: the rain continued to beat down on him

beat something down

quell defence or resistance: the senator had beaten down my last defence
fight to suppress a feeling or emotion: she beat down a gush of self-pity

beat someone down

force someone to reduce the price of something: I had at least attempted to beat him down on the charter price

beat off

vulgar slang (of a man) masturbate.

beat someone/thing off

succeed in resisting an attacker or an attack: we beat off the raiders with sticks and broom handles
win against a challenge or rival: the firm had beaten off competition from 260 other submissions

beat something out

  • 1produce a loud, rhythmic sound by striking something:he beat out a rhythm on the drums
  • 2extinguish flames by striking at them with a suitable object: he made a frantic dash to grab an armful of branches and beat out the flames

beat someone up

assault and injure someone by hitting, kicking, or punching them repeatedly: they threatened to beat him up if he didn’t hand over the money
(beat oneself up) informal reproach or criticize oneself excessively.

beat up on someone

North American way of saying beat someone up.

beatable

adjective

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