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• BEAT is a valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• BEAT is a valid Words with Friends word worth 7 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• BEAT is a 4 letter word containing the letters a, b, e, t.

Definitions

• beat

  noun a regular route for a sentry or policeman
  in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name

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• beat

  noun the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
  he could feel the beat of her heart

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• beat

  noun the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
  the conductor set the beat

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• beat

  noun a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations

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• beat

  noun a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

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• beat

  noun the sound of stroke or blow
  he heard the beat of a drum

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• beat

  noun (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

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• beat

  noun a regular rate of repetition
  the cox raised the beat

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• beat

  noun a stroke or blow
  the signal was two beats on the steam pipe

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• beat

  noun the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

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• beat

  verb come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
  Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
  We beat the competition

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• beat

  verb give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
  Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night
  The teacher used to beat the students

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• beat

  verb hit repeatedly
  beat on the door
  beat the table with his shoe

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• beat

  verb move rhythmically
  Her heart was beating fast

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• beat

  verb shape by beating
  beat swords into ploughshares

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• beat

  verb make a rhythmic sound
  The drums beat all night

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• beat

  verb glare or strike with great intensity
  The sun was beating down on us

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• beat

  verb move with a thrashing motion
  The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky

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• beat

  verb sail with much tacking or with difficulty
  The boat beat in the strong wind

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• beat

  verb stir vigorously
  beat the egg whites
  beat the cream

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• beat

  verb strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
  beat one's breast
  beat one's foot rhythmically

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• beat

  verb be superior
  Reading beats watching television
  This sure beats work!

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• beat

  verb avoid paying
  beat the subway fare

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• beat

  verb make a sound like a clock or a timer
  the grandfather clock beat midnight

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• beat

  verb move with a flapping motion

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• beat

  verb indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
  Beat the rhythm

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• beat

  verb move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

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• beat

  verb make by pounding or trampling
  beat a path through the forest

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• beat

  verb produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
  beat the drum

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• beat

  verb strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

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• beat

  verb beat through cleverness and wit
  I beat the traffic

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• beat

  verb be a mystery or bewildering to
  This beats me!

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• beat

  verb wear out completely
  I'm beat

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• beat

  adjective satellite very tired
  so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere

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