English-Thai Dictionary

beat

ADJ เหนื่อย มาก  เพลีย  อ่อนแรง  ซูบ  exhausted nueai-mak

 

beat

N การ ลาดตระเวน  kan-lad-tra-wen

 

beat

N จังหวะ  jang-wa

 

beat

N เสียง (ตี กลอง  เสียงเคาะ  siang

 

beat

N ใจเต้น  หอบ  ใจสั่น  palpitation jai-ten

 

beat

VT(ชีพจร  เต้น เป็นจังหวะ  หอบ (ใจ  เต้น  เต้น เป็นจังหวะ  ten-pen-jang-wa

 

beat

VT กระพือปีก  kra-pue-pek

 

beat

VT ตี  เคาะ  หวด  ตบ  เฆี่ยน  te

 

beat

VT ตี ไข่  ตี หรือ คน ให้ เข้ากัน  te-kai

 

beat

VT ทำให้ พ่ายแพ้  เอาชนะ  defeat lose tham-hai-phai-pare

 

beat

VT มาถึง หรือ ทำ บางสิ่ง เร็ว กว่า  ma-thueng-rue-tham-bang-sing-reol-kwa

 

beat

VT หลีกเลี่ยง การ ล่าช้า  lik-liang-kan-la-cha

 

beat about

PHRV ตะเกียกตะกาย  ta-kiad-ta-kai

 

beat about the bush

IDM พูดอ้อม  พูดอ้อมค้อม  พูด วกวน  phud-aom

 

beat against

PHRV ฟาด  ตี ซ้ำๆ ที่  กระแทก (ฝน )กระทบ  knock against fad

 

beat at

PHRV ทุบ (เช่น  ประตู  โครมคราม  beat on knock at tub

 

beat back

PHRV แล่น เรือ อย่าง ยากลำบาก  laen-ruea-yang-yak-lam-bak

 

beat back

PHRV ไล่ต้อน ให้ กลับ ไป  บังคับ ให้ กลับ ไป  lai-ton-hai-klab-pai

 

beat down

PHRV ต่อราคา ให้ ลดลง (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  ต่อรองราคา  ตกลง ราคา  โน้มน้าว ให้ ลดราคา  ชักจูง ให้ ลดราคา  knock down knock off tor-ra-ka-hai-lod-long

 

beat hollow

PHRV ทำให้ พ่ายแพ้ ราบคาบ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  tham-hai-phai-pare-rab-khab

 

beat in

PHRV ต  ี (ส่วนผสม  ให้ เข้ากัน  te-hai-kaol-kan

 

beat in

PHRV ตี ให้ บาดเจ็บ  ตี ให้ มี บาดแผล  ตี ให้ เสียหาย หรือ ทำลาย  bash in crush in te-hai-bad-jeb

 

beat in

PHRV สอน ด้วย การ บังคับ  ยัดเยียด คำสั่งสอน  hammer in son-duai-kan-bang-khab

 

beat into

PHRV ตี ให้ เข้ากัน  ผสม ด้วย การ ตี  te-hai-kaol-kan

 

beat into

PHRV บังคับ ให้ ทำ  บีบ ให้ ทำ  bang-khab-hai-tham

 

beat into

PHRV สอน (บางสิ่ง  ให้ กับ (บางคน  โดย บีบบังคับ  สอน ด้วย การ บังคับ  hammer into son-hai-kab

 

beat it

PHRV วิ่งหนี ไป  วิ่งหนี  wing-ne-pai

 

beat off

PHRV ขับไล่  ผลักดัน ให้ ออก ไป  kab-lai

 

beat on

PHRV ทุบ (เช่น  ประตู  beat at knock at tup

 

beat one's brains out

IDM คิดหนัก  kid-nak

 

beat out

PHRV ดับไฟ (ด้วย การ ตี  dub-fai

 

beat out

PHRV ตี เล่น (เช่น ตี กลอง  te-len

 

beat out

PHRV ตี ให้ แบน  te-hai-baen

 

beat someone at his own game

IDM ทำได้ ดีกว่า คนอื่น ที่ ทำกิจกรรม เดียวกัน  tham-dai-dee-kwa-kon-uen-ti-tham-kid-ja-kam-dial-kan

 

beat someone to his knees

IDM ทำให้ พ่ายแพ้ อย่าง ราบคาบ  ทำให้ แพ้ อย่างมาก  tham-hai-phai-pare-yang-rab-khab

 

beat someone to it

IDM ชนะ การแข่งขัน  cha-na-kan-kang-kan

 

beat someones's brains out

IDM ตี อย่างแรง (ที่ ศีรษะ  te-yang-rang

 

beat to

PHRV ตี จน อ่อนแรง  ตี ให้ หมดแรง  ตี จน เล็ก ลง  te-jon-on-rang

 

beat up

PHRV ตี จน บาดเจ็บ อย่างรุนแรง  bash up do over work over te-jon-bad-jeb-yang-run-reng

 

beat up

PHRV ตี ให้ เข้ากัน  ผสม ให้ เข้ากัน ด้วย การ ตี  te-hai-kaol-kan

 

beat upon

PHRV ทุบ (เช่น  ประตู  beat on tup

 

beat-up

ADJ เก่า และ พัง  kao-lae-pang

 

beaten

ADJ(อาหาร  ที่ บด แล้ว  ขยี้  ทำ เป็นผง  กลายเป็น ผง  ti-bote-laeo

 

beaten

ADJ ถูก โจมตี  พ่ายแพ้  tuk-jom-te

 

beaten

ADJ หมด เรี่ยวแรง  อ่อนแรง  เหนื่อย  exhausted mod-riaol-raeng

 

beaten-up

ADJ เก่า และ พัง  kao-lae-pang

 

beater

N อุปกรณ์ ใน การ ตี 

 

beatific

ADJ ซึ่ง ปิติยินดี  ซึ่ง มี ความอิ่มเอิบ ใจ  blissful sueng-pe-te-yin-de

 

beatify

VT ทำให้เกิด ความสุข  ทำให้ ปิติ  tham-hai-koed-khwam-suk

 

beating

N การ ตี ซ้ำๆ  การ ฟาด ซ้ำๆ  kan-te-sam-sam

 

beating

N ความพ่ายแพ้  ความปราชัย  failure triumph khwam-phai-pare

 

beatitude

N ความสุข อย่างยิ่ง  ความปิติ อย่างยิ่ง  blessedness happiness khwam-suk-yang-ying

 

beatnik

N คนหนุ่มสาว ยุค1950 -1960ที่ ทำตัว ต่าง จาก คน ส่วนมาก ใน สังคม  kon-num-sao-yuk-1950-1960-ti-tham-tua-tang-jak-kon-suan-mak-nai-sang-kom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BEAT

v.t. pret.beat; pp. beat, beaten. [L. batuo. See Abate. ] 1. To strike repeatedly; to lay on repeated blows, with a stick, with the hand or fist, or with any instrument, and for any cause, just or unjust, or for punishment. Luke 12:45; Deuteronomy 25:2, 3.
2. To strike an instrument of music; to play on, as a drum.
3. To break, bruise, comminute, or pulverize by beating or pounding, as pepper or spices. Exodus 3 :36.
4. To extend by beating, as gold or other malleable substance; or to hammer into any form; to forge. Exodus 39:3.
5. To strike bushes, to shake by beating, or to make a noise to rouse game.
6. To thresh; to force out corn from the husk by blows.
7. To break, mix or agitate by beating; as, to beat an egg with any other thing.
8. To dash or strike, as water; to strike or brush, as wind.
9. To tread, as a path.
1 . To overcome in a battle, contest or strife; to vanquish or conquer; as, one beats another at play.
Phrrhus beat the Carthaginians at sea.
11. To harass; to exercise severely; to overlabor; as, to beat the brains about logic.
To beat down, to break, destroy, throw down, by beating or battering, as a wall.
Also, to press down or lay flat, as by treading, by a current of water, by violent wind, etc.
Also, to lower the price by importunity or argument.
Also, to depress or crush; as, to bet down opposition.
Also, to sink or lessen the price or value.
Usury beats down the price of land.
To beat back, to compel to retire or return.
To beat into, to teach or instill, by repetition of instruction.
To beat up, to attack suddenly; to alarm or disturb; as, to beat up an enemy's quarters.
To beat the wing, to flutter; to move with fluttering agitation.
To beat off, to repel or drive back.
To beat the hoof, to walk; to go on foot.
To beat time, to measure or regulate time in music by the motion of the hand or foot.
In the manerge, a horse beats the dust, when at each motion he does not take in ground enough with his fore legs; and at curvets, when he does them too precipitately, or too low. He beats upon a walk, when he walks too short.
To beat out, to extend by hammering. In popular use, to be beat out, is to be extremely fatigued; to have the strength exhausted by labor or exertion.

 

BEAT

v.i.To more with pulsation, as the pulse beats; or to throb, as the heart beats. 1. To dash with force, as a storm, flood, passion, etc. ; as, the tempest beats against the house.
2. To knock at a door. Judges 19:22.
3. To fluctuate; to be in agitation.
To beat about, to try to find; to search by various means or ways.
To beat upon, to act upon with violence.
Also, to speak frequently; to enforce by repetition.
To beat up for soldiers, is to go about to enlist men into the army.
In seamanship, to beat, is to make progress against the direction of the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse.
With hunters, a stag beats up and down, when he runs first one way and then another.

 

BEAT

n.A stroke; a striking; a blow, whether with the hand, or with a weapon. 1. A pulsation; as the beat of the pulse.
2. The rise or fall of the hand or foot, in regulating the divisions of time in music.
3. A transient grace-note in music, struck immediately before the note it is intended to ornament.
In the military art, the beat of drum, is a succession of strokes varied, in different ways, for particular purposes; as to regulate a march to call soldiers to their arms or quarters, to direct an attack or retreat, etc.
The beat of a watch or clock, is the stroke made by the fangs or pallets of the spindle of the balance, or of the pads in a royal pendulum.

 

BEAT, BEATEN

pp. Struck; dashed against; pressed or laid down; hammered; pounded; vanquished; make smooth by treading; worn by use; tracked.

 

BEATER

n.One who beats, or strikes; one whose occupation is to hammer metals. 1. An instrument for pounding, or comminuting substances.

 

BEATER-UP

n.One who beats for game; a sportsman's term.

 

BEATH

v.t.To bathe. [Not in use. ]

 

BEATIFIC, BEATIFICAL

a.[L. beatus, blessed, from beo, to bless, and facio, to make. See Beatify. ] That has the power to bless or make happy, or the power to complete blissful enjoyment; used only of heavenly fruition after death; as beatific vision.

 

BEATIFICALLY

adv. In such a manner as to complete happiness.

 

BEATIFICATION

n.In the Romish church, an act of the Pope by which he declares a person beatifies or blessed after death. This is the first step towards canonization, or the raising of one to the dignity of a saint. No person can be beatified till 5 years after his death. All certificates or attestations of his virtues and miracles are examined by the congregation of rites, and this examination continues often for years; after which his Holiness decrees the beatification, and the corpse and relics of the intended saint are exposed to the veneration of all good christians.

 

BEATIFY

v.t.[L. beatus, happy, from beo, to bless, and facio, to make. ] 1. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.
2. In the Romish church, to declare, by a decree or public act, that a person is received into heaven, and is to be reverenced as blessed, though not canonized.

 

BEATING

ppr. Laying on blows; striking; dashing against; conquering; pounding; sailing against the direction of the wind; etc.

 

BEATING

n.The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows. The beating of flax and hemp is an operation which renders them more soft and pliable. For this purpose, they are made into rolls and laid in a trough, where they are beat, till no roughness or hardness can be felt.
In book binding, beating is performed by laying the book in quires or sheets folded, on a block, and beating it with a heavy broad-faced hammer. On this operation the elegance of the binding and the easy opening of the book chiefly depend.
Beating the wind, was a practice in the ancient trial by combat. If one of the combatants did not appear on the field, the other was to beat the wind, by making flourishes with his weapons; by which he was entitled to the advantages of a conqueror.
Beatings, in music, the regular pulsative swellings of sound, produced in an organ by pipes of the same key, when not in unison, and their vibrations not simultaneous or coincident.

 

BEATITUDE

n.[L. beatitudo, from beatus, beo. See Beatify. ] 1. Blessedness; felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss; used of the joys of heaven.
2. The declaration of blessedness made by our Savior to particular virtues.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BEAT

Beat, v. t. [imp. Beat; p. p. Beat, Beaten (; p. pr. & vb. n.Beating. ] Etym: [OE. beaten, beten, AS. beátan; akin to Icel. bauta, OHG. b. Cf. 1st Butt, Button. ]

 

1. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum. Thou shalt beat some of it [spices ] very small. Ex. xxx. 36.They did beat the gold into thin plates. Ex. xxxix. 3.

 

2. To punish by blows; to thrash.

 

3. To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc. , for the purpose of rousing game. To beat the woods, and rouse the bounding prey. Prior.

 

4. To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind. A frozen continent. .. beat with perpetual storms. Milton.

 

5. To tread, as a path. Pass awful gulfs, and beat my painful way. Blackmore.

 

6. To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc. ; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass. He beat them in a bloody battle. Prescott. For loveliness, it would be hard to beat that. M. Arnold.

 

7. To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out. [Colloq. ]

 

8. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble. Why should any one. .. beat his head about the Latin grammar who does not intend to be a critic Locke.

 

9. (Mil. )

 

Defn: To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc. To beat down, to haggle with (any one ) to secure a lower price; to force down. [Colloq. ] -- To beat into, to teach or instill, by repetition. -- To beat off, to repel or drive back. -- To beat out, to extend by hammering. -- To beat out of a thing, to cause to relinquish it, or give it up. "Nor can anything beat their posterity out of it to this day. " South. -- To beat the dust. (Man. ) (a ) To take in too little ground with the fore legs, as a horse. (b ) To perform curvets too precipitately or too low. -- To beat the hoof, to walk; to go on foot. -- To beat the wing, to flutter; to move with fluttering agitation. -- To beat time, to measure or regulate time in music by the motion of the hand or foot. -- To beat up, to attack suddenly; to alarm or disturb; as, to beat up an enemy's quarters.

 

Syn. -- To strike; pound; bang; buffet; maul; drub; thump; baste; thwack; thrash; pommel; cudgel; belabor; conquer; defeat; vanquish; overcome.

 

BEAT

BEAT Beat, v. i.

 

1. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blaows; to knock vigorously or loudly. The men of the city. .. beat at the door. Judges. xix. 22.

 

2. To move with pulsation or throbbing. A thousand hearts beat happily. Byron.

 

3. To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do. Sees rolling tempests vainly beat below. Dryden. They [winds ] beat at the crazy casement. Longfellow. The sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wisbed in himself to die. Jonah iv. 8. Public envy seemeth to beat chiefly upon ministers. Bacon.

 

4. To be in agitation or doubt. [Poetic ] To still my beating mind. Shak.

 

5. (Naut. )

 

Defn: To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse.

 

6. To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.

 

7. (Mil. )

 

Defn: To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.

 

8. (Acoustics & Mus. )

 

Defn: To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison. A beating wind (Naut. ), a wind which necessitates tacking in order to make progress. -- To beat about, to try to find; to search by various means or ways. Addison. -- To beat about the bush, to approach a subject circuitously. -- To beat up and down (Hunting ), to run first one way and then another; -- said of a stag. -- To beat up for recruits, to go diligently about in order to get helpers or participators in an enterprise.

 

BEAT

BEAT Beat, n.

 

1. A stroke; a blow. He, with a careless beat, Struck out the mute creation at a heat. Dryden.

 

2. A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse.

 

3. (Mus. ) (a ) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit. (b ) A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament.

 

4. (Acoustics & Mus. )

 

Defn: A sudden swelling or reënforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8.

 

5. A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat.

 

6. A place of habitual or frequent resort.

 

7. A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat. [Low ] Beat of drum (Mil. ), a succession of strokes varied, in different ways, for particular purposes, as to regulate a march, to call soldiers to their arms or quarters, to direct an attack, or retreat, etc. -- Beat of a watch, or clock, the stroke or sound made by the action of the escapement. A clock is in beat or out of beat, according as the strokes is at equal or unequal intervals.

 

BEAT

BEAT Beat, a.

 

Defn: Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted. [Colloq. ] Quite beat, and very much vexed and disappointed. Dickens.

 

BEATEN

BEATEN Beat "en, a.

 

1. Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use. "A broad and beaten way. " Milton. "Beaten gold. " Shak.

 

2. Vanquished; conquered; baffled.

 

3. Exhausted; tired out.

 

4. Become common or trite; as, a beaten phrase. [Obs. ]

 

5. Tried; practiced. [Obs. ] Beau. & Fl.

 

BEATER

BEATER Beat "er, n.

 

1. One who, or that which, beats.

 

2. A person who beats up game for the hunters. Black.

 

BEATH

Beath, v. t. Etym: [AS. be to foment. ]

 

Defn: To bathe; also, to dry or heat, as unseasoned wood. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

BEATIFIC; BEATIFICAL

Be `a *tif "ic, Be `a *tif "ic *al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. béatifique, L.beatificus. See Beatify. ]

 

Defn: Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment; blissful. "The beatific vision. " South. -- Be `a *tif "ic *al *ly, adv.

 

BEATIFICATE

BEATIFICATE Be `a *tif "i *cate, v. t.

 

Defn: To beatify. [Obs. ] Fuller.

 

BEATIFICATION

Be *at `i *fi *ca "tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. béatification.]

 

Defn: The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp. , in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed, " or has attained the second degree of sanctity, -- usually a stage in the process of canonization. "The beatification of his spirit. " Jer. Taylor.

 

BEATIFY

Be *at "i *fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beatified (p. pr. & vb. n.Beatifying.] Etym: [L. beatificare; beatus happy (fr. beare to bless, akin to bonus good ) + facere to make: cf. F. béatifier. See Bounty. ]

 

1. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth. Barrow.

 

2. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. "Beatified spirits. " Dryden.

 

3. (R. C. Ch. )

 

Defn: To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of "the blessed " and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized.

 

BEATING

BEATING Beat "ing, n.

 

1. The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.

 

2. Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.

 

3. (Acoustics & Mus. )

 

Defn: Pulsative sounds. See Beat, n.

 

4. (Naut. )

 

Defn: The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.

 

BEATITUDE

Be *at "i *tude, n. Etym: [L. beatitudo: cf. F. béatitude. See Beatify. ]

 

1. Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss.

 

2. Any one of the nine declarations (called the Beatitudes ), made in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. v. 3-12 ), with regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished by certain specified virtues.

 

3. (R. C. Ch. )

 

Defn: Beatification. Milman.

 

Syn. -- Blessedness; felicity; happiness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

beat

beat |bēt bit | ▶verb ( past beat ; past participle beaten |ˈbētn | ) [ with obj. ] 1 strike (a person or an animal ) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, usually with an implement such as a club or whip: a woman whose husband would frequently beat her after becoming drunk | 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 obj. ] (of an instrument ) make a rhythmical sound by being struck: drums were beating in the distance. • strike (a carpet, blanket, etc. ) repeatedly in order to remove dust. • 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 obj. ] (beat on /against ) strike repeatedly on: Sidney beat on the door with the flat of his hand. • [ no obj. ] (beat at ) make striking movements toward: Emmie seized the hearthrug and 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. 2 defeat (someone ) in a game, competition, election, or commercial venture: she beat him easily at chess | the Senators beat out the Yankees for the 1933 pennant. • informal baffle: it beats me how you manage to work in this heat. • overcome (a problem, or disease ): they are investing their savings in hopes of beating inflation | 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. 3 succeed in getting somewhere ahead of (someone ): I could beat him on my bicycle | the goalie beat him to the ball. • take action to avoid (difficult or inconvenient effects of an event or circumstance ): they set off early to beat the traffic. 4 [ no obj. ] (of the heart ) pulsate: her heart beat faster with panic. 5 (of a bird ) move (the wings ) up and down. • [ no obj. ] (of a bird ) fly making rhythmic wing movements: an owl beat low over the salt marsh. 6 stir (cooking ingredients ) vigorously with a fork, whisk, or beater to make a smooth or frothy mixture. 7 (beat it ) informal leave: [ in imperative ] : now beat it, will you! 8 [ no obj. ] Sailing sail into the wind, following a zigzag course with repeated tacking: we beat southward all that first day. ▶noun 1 a 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 sing. ] a regular, rhythmic sound or movement: the beat of the wipers became almost hypnotic. • the sound made when something, typically a musical instrument, is struck: he heard a regular drumbeat. • 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. • the movement of a bird's wings. 2 an area allocated to a police officer to patrol: a patrolman who strived to make his beat a safe one | public clamor for more police officers on the beat . • a spell of duty allocated to a police officer: her beat ended at 6 a.m. • an area regularly frequented by someone, typically a prostitute. • a person's area of interest: his beat is construction, property, and hotels. 3 a brief pause or moment of hesitation, typically one lasting a specified length: she waited for a beat of three seconds. [as a stage direction. ] 4 informal short for beatnik. ▶adjective 1 [ predic. ] informal completely exhausted: I'm dead beat . 2 [ attrib. ] of or relating to the beat generation or its philosophy: beat poet Allen Ginsberg. PHRASES beat all be amazing or impressive: well, that beats all. beat around (or beat about ) the bush discuss a matter without coming to the point. beat someone at their own game see game. beat someone's brains out see brain. beat one's breast see breast. beat the bushes 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. beat a dead horse waste energy on a lost cause or unalterable situation. beat the drum for see drum 1. beat the hell out of informal 1 beat (someone ) very severely. 2 surpass or defeat easily. • totally confuse or puzzle (someone ). beat the living daylights out of see daylight ( sense 2 ). beat one's meat vulgar slang (of a man ) masturbate. beat the pants off informal prove to be vastly superior to. beat a path to someone's door (of a large number of people ) hasten to make contact with someone regarded as interesting or inspiring, or in association with whom one stands to profit. beat a ( hasty ) retreat withdraw, typically in order to avoid something unpleasant: as the bombs started to go off, they beat a hasty retreat across the field. beat the shit out of vulgar slang beat (someone ) very severely. beat the system succeed in finding a means of getting around rules, regulations, or other means of control. 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, to their annoyance. miss a beat see miss 1. to beat all ——s that is infinitely better than all the things mentioned: a PC screen saver to beat all screen savers. to beat the band informal in such a way as to surpass all competition: they were talking to beat the band. PHRASAL VERBS beat someone back (usu. be beaten back ) force (someone attempting to do something ) to retreat: I tried to get in but was beaten back by the flames. beat down (of the sun ) radiate intense heat and brightness. • (of rain ) fall hard and continuously. beat something down quell defense or resistance. beat someone down force someone to reduce the price of something. beat off vulgar slang (of a man ) masturbate. beat someone /something off succeed in resisting an attacker or an attack. • win against a challenge or rival. beat something out 1 produce a loud, rhythmic sound by striking something: he beat out a rhythm on the drums. 2 extinguish flames by striking at them with a suitable object. beat someone up 1 assault and severely injure someone by hitting, kicking, or punching them repeatedly. 2 abuse someone verbally. beat up on another way of saying beat someone up. DERIVATIVES beat a ble adjective ORIGIN Old English bēatan, of Germanic origin.

 

beatbox

beat box |ˈbētˌbäks ˈbiːtbɑːks | ▶noun informal a drum machine. • a radio or radio cassette player used to play loud music, esp. rap. ▶verb [ no obj. ] imitate the sounds of a drum machine with the voice. DERIVATIVES beat box er noun, beat box ing noun

 

beatdown

beat down |ˈbētˌdoun ˈbitˌdaʊn | ▶noun informal a physical beating or assault: a savage beatdown. • a decisive defeat: the Lakers handed out a beatdown on the Pacers, 99 –77.

 

beaten

beat en |ˈbētn ˈbitn | past participle of beat. ▶adjective 1 having been defeated: I knew when I was beaten. • exhausted and dejected: he sat feeling old and beaten. 2 having been beaten or struck: he trudged home like a beaten dog. • (of food ) whipped to a uniform consistency: beaten eggs. • (of metal ) shaped by hammering, typically so as to give the surface a dimpled texture. • (of precious metal ) hammered to form thin foil for ornamental use. 3 (of a path ) well trodden; much used. PHRASES off the beaten track (or path ) in or into an isolated place. • unusual: [ as adj. ] : off-the-beaten-track experiences.

 

beater

beat er |ˈbētər ˈbidər | ▶noun 1 a person who hits someone or something, in particular: • a person employed to flush out or drive game animals for shooting by striking at the ground cover. • a person who beats metal in manufacturing. • [ in combination ] a person who habitually hits someone: a wife-beater. 2 an implement or machine used for beating. 3 [ in combination ] informal a means of defeating or preventing something: a recession-beater. 4 informal a dilapidated but serviceable car: If you provide the kids with a car, give them an old beater.

 

beater bar

bea ter bar ▶noun the rotating-brush unit within the powerhead of a vacuum cleaner.

 

beat frequency

beat fre quen cy ▶noun Physics the number of beats per second, equal to the difference in the frequencies of two interacting tones or oscillations.

 

beat generation

beat gen er a tion |bit ˌʤɛnəˈreɪʃən | a movement of young people in the 1950s who rejected conventional society and favored Zen Buddhism, modern jazz, free sexuality, and recreational drugs. Among writers associated with the movement were Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.

 

beatific

be a tif ic |ˌbēəˈtifik ˈˌbiəˈtɪfɪk | ▶adjective blissfully happy: a beatific smile. • Christian Theology imparting holy bliss. DERIVATIVES be a tif i cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French béatifique or Latin beatificus, from beatus ‘blessed. ’

 

beatification

be at i fi ca tion |bēˌatəfiˈkāSHən biætɪfɪkˈeɪʃn | ▶noun (in the Roman Catholic Church ) declaration by the pope that a dead person is in a state of bliss, constituting a step toward canonization and permitting public veneration. ORIGIN early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘action of making blessed ’): from Old French, or from ecclesiastical Latin beatificatio (n- ), from beatificare ‘make blessed, ’ from Latin beatus ‘blessed. ’

 

beatify

be at i fy |bēˈatəˌfī biˈædəˌfaɪ | ▶verb ( beatifies, beatifying, beatified ) [ with obj. ] (in the Roman Catholic Church ) announce the beatification of. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘make blessed or supremely happy ’): from Old French beatifier or ecclesiastical Latin beatificare, from Latin beatus ‘blessed. ’

 

beating

beat ing |ˈbētiNG ˈbidɪŋ | ▶noun 1 a punishment or assault in which the victim is hit repeatedly: if he got dirt on his clothes, he'd get a beating | torture methods included beating. 2 pulsation or throbbing, typically of the heart. 3 a defeat in a competitive situation. PHRASES take a beating informal suffer damage or hurt.

 

beatitude

be at i tude |bēˈatiˌt (y )o͞od biˈædəˌt (j )ud | ▶noun supreme blessedness. • ( the Beatitudes ) the blessings listed by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5:3 –11 ). • (his /your Beatitude ) a title given to patriarchs in the Orthodox Church. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French beatitude or Latin beatitudo, from beatus ‘blessed. ’

 

Beatles

Beat les |ˈbētəlz ˈbitəlz | (the Beatles ) a pop and rock group from Liverpool, England, consisting of George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr. Remembered for the quality and stylistic diversity of their songs (mostly written by Lennon and McCartney ), they achieved success with their first single "Love Me Do " (1962 ) and went on to produce albums such as Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967 ). • (as modifier Beatle ) characteristic of the Beatles: a Beatle jacket.

 

beatnik

beat nik |ˈbētnik ˈbitnɪk | ▶noun a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation. ORIGIN 1950s: from beat + -nik on the pattern of sputnik, perhaps influenced by US use of Yiddish -nik, denoting someone or something who acts in a particular way.

 

Beaton, Sir Cecil

Bea ton, Sir Cecil |ˈbētn ˈbitn | (1904 –80 ), English photographer; full name Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton. He is noted for his fashion features and portraits of celebrities.

 

Beatrix

Be a trix |ˈbāəˌtriks, ˈbē -ˈbiətrɪks | (1938 –), queen of the Netherlands (1980 –); full name Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard.

 

Beattie, Ann

Beat tie, Ann |ˈbētē ˈbiti | (1947 –), US author. Her works include the novels Chilly Scenes of Winter (1976 ), Picturing Will (1989 ), and Another You (1995 ) and the short-story collection Park City (1998 ).

 

Beatty, David

Beatty, David |ˈbiːti |, 1st Earl Beatty of the North Sea and of Brooksby (1871 –1936 ), British admiral. During the First World War he played a major role in the Battle of Jutland and was Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet from 1916.

 

Beatty, Warren

Beat ty, Warren |ˈbētē, ˈbātē ˈbidi | (1937 –), US actor, director, and screenwriter; born Henry Warren Beaty; the brother of actress Shirley MacLaine. He produced Bonnie and Clyde (1967 ), wrote and produced Shampoo (1975 ), codirected Heaven Can Wait (1978 ), and was producer, cowriter, and Academy Award-winning director of Reds (1981 ). He starred in them all.

 

beat-up

beat-up |ˈˌbid ˈˌəp | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] informal (of a thing ) worn out by overuse; in a state of disrepair.

 

Oxford Dictionary

beat

beat |biːt | ▶verb ( past beat; past participle beaten |ˈbiːt (ə )n | ) [ with obj. ] 1 strike (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 obj. ] (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. • 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 obj. ] 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. 2 defeat (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. 3 succeed 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 obj. ] (of the heart ) pulsate: her heart beat faster with panic. 5 (of a bird ) move (the wings ) up and down. • [ no obj. ] (of a bird ) fly making rhythmic wing movements: an owl beat low over the salt marsh. 6 stir (cooking ingredients ) vigorously to make a smooth or frothy mixture. 7 (beat it ) informal leave: [ in imperative ] : now beat it, will you! 8 [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] Sailing sail into the wind, following a zigzag course with repeated tacking: we beat southwards all that first day. ▶noun 1 a 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 sing. ] 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. 2 the movement of a bird's wings. 3 an 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. • informal a person's area of interest: his beat is construction, property, and hotels. • a stretch of water fished by an angler. 4 a 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. ] 5 informal short for beatnik. ▶adjective 1 [ predic. ] informal completely exhausted: I'm beat —I need an hour or so to rest. 2 [ attrib. ] relating to the beat generation or its philosophy: beat poet Allen Ginsberg. PHRASES beat about the bush discuss a matter without coming to the point. beat someone at their own game see game 1. beat the bounds historical mark parish boundaries by walking round them and striking certain points with rods. beat one's breast see breast. beat the bushes N. Amer. 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. beat the drum for see drum 1. 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. beat a path to someone's door (of a large number of people ) hasten to make contact with someone regarded as interesting or inspiring. beat a ( hasty ) retreat withdraw quickly in order to avoid something unpleasant. beat the system succeed in finding a means of getting round rules, regulations, or other means of control. 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. 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 N. Amer. informal in such a way as to surpass all competition: they were talking to beat the band. PHRASAL VERBS 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. • (of rain ) fall hard and continuously. beat something down quell defence or resistance. • fight to suppress a feeling or emotion. beat someone down force someone to reduce the price of something. beat off vulgar slang (of a man ) masturbate. beat someone /thing off succeed in resisting an attacker or an attack. • win against a challenge or rival. beat something out 1 produce a loud, rhythmic sound by striking something: he beat out a rhythm on the drums. 2 extinguish flames by striking at them with a suitable object. beat someone up assault and injure someone by hitting, kicking, or punching them repeatedly. • (beat oneself up ) informal reproach or criticize oneself excessively. beat up on someone North American way of saying beat someone up. DERIVATIVES beatable adjective ORIGIN Old English bēatan, of Germanic origin.

 

beatbox

beat |box |ˈbiːtbɒks | ▶noun informal 1 a drum machine. 2 a radio or radio cassette player used to play loud music, especially rap. ▶verb [ no obj. ] imitate the sounds of a drum machine with the voice. DERIVATIVES beatboxer noun, beatboxing noun

 

beatdown

beat down |ˈbētˌdoun ˈbitˌdaʊn | ▶noun informal a physical beating or assault: a savage beatdown. • a decisive defeat: the Lakers handed out a beatdown on the Pacers, 99 –77.

 

beaten

beaten |ˈbiːt (ə )n | past participle of beat ▶adjective 1 having been defeated: last year's beaten finalist. • exhausted and dejected: he sat feeling old and beaten. 2 having been beaten or struck: he trudged home like a beaten cur. 3 (of food ) stirred vigorously to a uniform consistency: beaten egg. • (of metal ) shaped by hammering, typically so as to give the surface a dimpled texture. • (of precious metal ) hammered to form thin foil for ornamental use. 4 (of a path ) well trodden; much used. PHRASES off the beaten track in or into an isolated place.

 

beater

beat ¦er |ˈbiːtə | ▶noun 1 a person who hits someone or something, in particular: • a person employed to raise game birds for shooting by striking at the ground cover. • a person who beats metal in manufacturing. • [ in combination ] a person who habitually hits someone: a wife-beater. 2 an implement or machine used for beating. 3 [ in combination ] informal a means of defeating or preventing something: a recession-beater. 4 N. Amer. informal an old or dilapidated vehicle.

 

beater bar

bea ter bar ▶noun the rotating-brush unit within the powerhead of a vacuum cleaner.

 

beat frequency

beat fre |quency ▶noun Physics the number of beats per second, equal to the difference in the frequencies of two interacting tones or oscillations.

 

beat generation

beat gen ¦er |ation ▶noun a movement of young people in the 1950s and early 1960s who rejected conventional society, valuing free self-expression and favouring modern jazz. Among writers associated with the movement were Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.

 

beatific

beatific |biːəˈtɪfɪk | ▶adjective 1 feeling or expressing blissful happiness: a beatific smile. 2 Christian Theology imparting holy bliss. DERIVATIVES beatifically adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French béatifique or Latin beatificus, from beatus ‘blessed ’.

 

beatification

beatification |bɪˌatɪfɪˈkeɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] (in the Roman Catholic Church ) declaration by the Pope that a dead person is in a state of bliss, constituting a first step towards canonization and permitting public veneration. ORIGIN early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘action of making blessed ’): from Old French, or from ecclesiastical Latin beatificatio (n- ), from beatificare ‘make blessed ’, from Latin beatus ‘blessed ’.

 

beatify

beatify |bɪˈatɪfʌɪ | ▶verb ( beatifies, beatifying, beatified ) [ with obj. ] (in the Roman Catholic Church ) announce the beatification of. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘make blessed or supremely happy ’): from Old French beatifier or ecclesiastical Latin beatificare, from Latin beatus ‘blessed ’.

 

beating

beat |ing |ˈbiːtɪŋ | ▶noun 1 a punishment or assault in which the victim is hit repeatedly: if he got dirt on his clothes he'd get a beating | [ mass noun ] : torture methods included beating. 2 [ mass noun ] pulsation or throbbing, typically of the heart. 3 a defeat in a competitive situation. PHRASES take a beating informal suffer damage or hurt: her pride had taken a beating at his hands. take some (or a lot of ) beating informal be difficult to surpass or defeat.

 

beatitude

beatitude |bɪˈatɪtjuːd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] supreme blessedness. • ( the Beatitudes ) the blessings listed by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5:3 –11 ). • (His /Your Beatitude ) a title given to patriarchs in the Orthodox Church. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French beatitude or Latin beatitudo, from beatus ‘blessed ’.

 

Beatles

Beat les |ˈbētəlz ˈbitəlz | (the Beatles ) a pop and rock group from Liverpool, England, consisting of George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr. Remembered for the quality and stylistic diversity of their songs (mostly written by Lennon and McCartney ), they achieved success with their first single "Love Me Do " (1962 ) and went on to produce albums such as Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967 ). • (as modifier Beatle ) characteristic of the Beatles: a Beatle jacket.

 

Beatles

Beatles |ˈbiːt (ə )lz | a pop and rock group from Liverpool consisting of George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr. Remembered for the quality and stylistic diversity of their songs (mostly written by Lennon and McCartney ), they achieved success with their first single ‘Love Me Do ’ (1962 ) and went on to produce albums such as Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967 ). • (as modifier Beatle ) characteristic of the Beatles: a Beatle jacket.

 

beatnik

beat |nik |ˈbiːtnɪk | ▶noun a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation. ORIGIN 1950s: from beat + -nik on the pattern of sputnik, perhaps influenced by US use of Yiddish -nik, denoting someone or something who acts in a particular way.

 

Beaton, Sir Cecil

Bea ¦ton |ˈbiːt (ə )n | (1904 –80 ), English photographer famous for his fashion features and portraits of celebrities, particularly the British royal family; full name Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton. He later diversified into costume and set design, winning two Oscars for the film My Fair Lady (1964 ).

 

Beatrix

Be a trix |ˈbāəˌtriks, ˈbē -ˈbiətrɪks | (1938 –), queen of the Netherlands (1980 –); full name Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard.

 

Beattie, Ann

Beat tie, Ann |ˈbētē ˈbiti | (1947 –), US author. Her works include the novels Chilly Scenes of Winter (1976 ), Picturing Will (1989 ), and Another You (1995 ) and the short-story collection Park City (1998 ).

 

Beatty, David

Beatty, David |ˈbiːti |, 1st Earl Beatty of the North Sea and of Brooksby (1871 –1936 ), British admiral. During the First World War he played a major role in the Battle of Jutland and was Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet from 1916.

 

Beatty, Warren

Beatty, Warren |ˈbeɪti, ˈbiːti | (b.1937 ), American actor, film director, and screenwriter; born Henry Warren Beaty. He starred in and produced Bonnie and Clyde (1967 ), and was producer, co-writer, star, and Oscar-winning director of Reds (1981 ).

 

beat-up

beat-up ▶adjective informal worn out by overuse; in a state of disrepair.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

beat

beat verb 1 they were beaten with truncheons: hit, strike, batter, thump, bang, hammer, punch, knock, thrash, pound, pummel, slap, smack, rain blows on; assault, attack, abuse; cudgel, club, birch; informal wallop, belt, whup, bash, whack, thwack, clout, clobber, slug, tan, bop, sock, deck, plug, beat the living daylights out of; dated chastise. 2 the waves beat upon the shore: break on /upon /against, dash against; lash against, strike, lap (upon ), wash against; splash on /upon /against, roll upon; literary plash upon /against, lave against. 3 the metal is beaten into a die: hammer, forge, form, shape, mold, work, stamp, fashion, model. 4 her heart was still beating: pulsate, pulse, palpitate, vibrate, throb; pump, pound, thump, thud, hammer, drum; pitter-patter. 5 the eagle beat its wings: flap, flutter, thresh, thrash, wave, vibrate, oscillate. 6 beat the cream into the mixture: whisk, mix, blend, whip. 7 she beat a path through the grass: tread, tramp, trample, wear, flatten, press down. 8 the team they need to beat: defeat, conquer, win against, get the better of, vanquish, trounce, rout, overpower, overcome, subdue; informal lick, thrash, whip, wipe the floor with, clobber, cream, shellac, skunk. 9 he beat the record: surpass, exceed, better, improve on, go one better than, eclipse, transcend, top, trump, cap. ▶noun 1 the song has a good beat: rhythm, pulse, meter, time, measure, cadence; stress, accent. 2 the beat of hooves: pounding, banging, thumping, thudding, booming, hammering, battering, crashing. 3 the beat of her heart: pulse, pulsating, vibration, throb, palpitation, reverberation; pounding, thump, thud, hammering, drumming; pitter-patter. 4 a cop on his beat: circuit, round, route, way, path. ▶adjective informal phew, I'm beat! See exhausted (sense 1 ). PHRASES beat a (hasty ) retreat See retreat (sense 1 of the verb ). beat it informal See run (sense 2 of the verb ). beat someone up he just snapped and started beating up his father: assault, attack, mug, thrash, do over, work over, rough up, lay into, lace into, sail into, beat the living daylights out of, let someone have it, beat up on, knock around /about.

 

beaten

beaten adjective 1 the beaten team: defeated, losing, unsuccessful, conquered, bettered, vanquished, trounced, routed, overcome, overwhelmed, overpowered, overthrown, bested, subdued, quashed, crushed, broken, foiled, hapless, luckless; informal licked, thrashed, losingest, clobbered. ANTONYMS victorious, winning. 2 a beaten dog: abused, battered, maltreated, ill-treated, mistreated, misused, downtrodden; assaulted, thumped, whacked, hit, thrashed, pummeled, smacked, drubbed; informal walloped, belted, bashed, clobbered, knocked around /about, roughed up. 3 gradually stir in the beaten eggs: whisked, whipped, stirred, mixed, blended; frothy, foamy. 4 a beaten path: trodden, trampled; well-trodden, much trodden, well-used, much traveled, worn, well-worn. ANTONYMS untouched. PHRASES off the beaten track /path we tried to find a campsite off the beaten track: out of the way, isolated, quiet, private, remote, unfrequented, outlying, secluded, hidden, backwoods, in the back of beyond, in the middle of nowhere, in the hinterlands; informal in the sticks. ANTONYMS busy, popular.

 

beatific

beatific adjective 1 a beatific smile: rapturous, joyful, ecstatic, seraphic, blissful, serene, happy, beaming. 2 a beatific vision: blessed, exalted, sublime, heavenly, holy, divine, celestial, paradisical, glorious.

 

beatify

beatify verb he was beatified by Pope Leo XIII: canonize, bless, sanctify, hallow, consecrate, make holy; rare macarize.

 

beatitude

beatitude noun the everlasting beatitude: blessedness, benediction, grace; bliss, ecstasy, exaltation, supreme happiness, divine joy, divine rapture; saintliness, sainthood.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

beat

beat verb 1 before running off, the men beat me with pickaxe handles: hit, strike, batter, thump, hammer, punch, knock, thrash, pound, pummel, slap, smack, crack, thwack, cuff, buffet, maul, pelt, drub, rain blows on; assault, attack, abuse; flay, whip, lash, cudgel, club, birch; informal wallop, belt, bash, whack, clout, clobber, slug, tan, biff, bop, sock, deck, plug, lay into, do over, knock about /around, rough up, fill in, knock into the middle of next week, beat the living daylights out of, give someone a good hiding; dated chastise. 2 he could hear a drum being beaten: bang, hit, strike, rap, tap, pound, thump, hammer; play, sound, perform on, make music on. 3 the waves beat all along the shore: lash, strike, dash, break against; sweep, lap, wash, splash, ripple, roll, splosh, move against; literary plash, lave. 4 the metal is beaten into a die: hammer, forge, form, shape, mould, work, stamp, fashion, model, fabricate, make, cast, frame, sculpt, sculpture. 5 she could hear her own heart beating: pulsate, pulse, palpitate, vibrate, throb, reverberate; pump, pound, thump, thud, hammer, drum; pitter-patter, go pit-a-pat; rare quop. 6 doves wheel around the rooftops, beating their wings: flap, flutter, move up and down, thresh, thrash, wave, shake, swing, agitate, quiver, tremble, vibrate, oscillate. 7 beat the cream into the mixture: whisk, mix, blend, whip, stir, fold. 8 she beat a path through clumps of bushes: tread, tramp, trample, wear, track, groove; crush, flatten, press down, squash. 9 he played in a team that beat England 2 –1 at home: defeat, conquer, win against, get the better of, vanquish, trounce, rout, overpower, overcome, overwhelm, overthrow, subdue, quash, crush; informal lick, thrash, whip, wipe the floor with, clobber. 10 he cleared 2.68m to beat the previous record of 2.67m: surpass, outdo, exceed, eclipse, transcend, top, trump, cap, better, outperform, outstrip, outshine, outclass, overshadow, put in the shade, be better than, improve on, go one better than. PHRASES beat about the bush he never beat about the bush when something was annoying him: prevaricate, vacillate, evade /dodge the issue, be non-committal, hedge, hedge one's bets, quibble, parry questions, fudge the issue, mince one's words, stall, shilly-shally, hesitate; Brit. hum and haw; informal pussyfoot around, waffle, flannel, sit on the fence, duck the question; rare tergiversate. ANTONYMS come to the point. beat a (hasty ) retreat See retreat (sense 1 of the verb ). beat it informal we beat it as fast as we could. See run (sense 2 of the verb ). beat someone /something off we beat off the raiders with sticks: repel, fight off, repulse, drive away /back, force back, beat back, push back, thrust back, put to flight; hold off, ward off, fend off, stand off, stave off, keep at bay, keep at arm's length. beat something out he beat out the flames: extinguish, put out, quench, smother, douse, snuff out, stifle, choke. beat someone up assault, attack, mug, batter, thrash, pummel, pound; informal knock about /around, do over, work over, clobber, rough up, fill in, kick in, jump, paste, lay into, lace into, sail into, pitch into, get stuck into, beat the living daylights out of, let someone have it; Brit. informal have a go at, duff someone up; N. Amer. informal beat up on. ▶noun 1 this song has a catchy tune and a good beat: rhythm, pulse, stress, metre, time, measure, cadence, accent, rhythmical flow /pattern. 2 the beat of hooves: pounding, banging, thumping, thudding, booming, hammering, battering, crashing. 3 her heart settled to an angry beat: pulse, pulsing, pulsating, vibration, vibrating, throb, throbbing, palpitation, palpitating, reverberation, reverberating; beating, pumping, pounding, thumping, thudding, hammering, drumming; pitter-patter, pit-a-pat. 4 a policeman on his beat: circuit, round, course, route, way, path, orbit, tour, turn. ▶adjective informal See exhausted. WORD LINKS beat mastigophobia fear of being beaten Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

beaten

beaten adjective 1 the beaten team: defeated, losing, unsuccessful, conquered, bettered, vanquished, trounced, routed, overcome, overwhelmed, overpowered, overthrown, bested, subdued, quashed, crushed, broken, foiled, hapless, luckless; informal licked, thrashed, clobbered. ANTONYMS victorious, winning. 2 a beaten dog: abused, battered, maltreated, ill-treated, mistreated, misused, downtrodden; assaulted, thumped, hit, thrashed, pummelled, smacked, drubbed; informal walloped, belted, bashed, whacked, clobbered, knocked about /around, roughed up. 3 gradually stir in the beaten eggs: whisked, whipped, stirred, mixed, blended; frothy, foamy. 4 a beaten copper coffee table: hammered, forged, formed, shaped, moulded, worked, stamped, fashioned, modelled, fabricated, cast, sculpted; dimpled, pockmarked, spotted. 5 a beaten path: trodden, trampled; well trodden, much trodden, well used, much travelled, worn, well worn. PHRASES off the beaten track we tried to find locations off the beaten track: unfrequented, isolated, quiet, private, remote, out of the way, outlying, secluded, hidden, backwoods, in the back of beyond, in the middle of nowhere, in the hinterlands; informal in the sticks. ANTONYMS busy, popular.

 

beatific

beatific adjective 1 he was beaming a beatific smile: rapturous, joyful, ecstatic, seraphic, blissful, serene, happy, beaming, glad. 2 the beatific vision of God: blessed, blissful, exalted, sublime, joyful, rapt, heavenly, holy, divine, celestial, paradisical, glorious.

 

beatify

beatify verb he was beatified by Pope Leo XIII: canonize, bless, sanctify, hallow, consecrate, make holy, make sacred; rare macarize.

 

beating

beating noun 1 he received a near fatal beating: battering, thrashing, thumping, pounding, pummelling, drubbing, slapping, smacking, hammering, hitting, striking, punching, knocking, thwacking, cuffing, buffeting, boxing, mauling, pelting, lambasting; assault, attack; flaying, whipping, lashing, cudgelling, clubbing, birching; corporal punishment, chastisement; informal beating-up, duffing-up, doing-over, belting, bashing, pasting, walloping, whacking, clobbering, slugging, tanning, biffing, bopping, hiding. 2 she could hear the beating of her heart: pulsation, pulsating, pulse, pulsing, palpitating, throb, reverberation, reverberating; pumping, pounding, thumping, thudding, hammering, drumming; pitter-patter, pit-a-pat. 3 a 5 –1 beating at the hands of their rivals: defeat, loss, conquest, vanquishing, trouncing, routing, overthrow, downfall; informal licking, thrashing, clobbering.

 

beatitude

beatitude noun the everlasting beatitude that follows the second coming: blessedness, benediction, grace; bliss, ecstasy, exaltation, supreme happiness, heavenly joy, divine rapture, saintliness, sainthood.

 

Duden Dictionary

Beat

Beat Substantiv, maskulin Musik , der |biːt |der Beat; Genitiv: des Beat [s ], Plural: die Beats englisch beat, zu: to beat = (Takt ) schlagen 1 gleichmäßige Reihenfolge betonter Taktteile 2 ohne Plural Kurzwort für: Beatmusik 1 Beat hören, spielen

 

Beata

Be a ta Eigenname Beate |Be a ta |weiblicher Vorname

 

beatae memoriae

be a tae me mo ri ae |be a tae mem o riae |lateinisch seligen Angedenkens (von Verstorbenen )Abkürzung: b. m.

 

Beata Maria Virgo

Be a ta Ma ria Vir go |Be a ta Mar i a V i rgo |die Beata Maria Virgo; Genitiv: der Beata Maria Virgo oder (ohne Artikel ) Beatae Mariae Virginis lateinisch selige Jungfrau Maria, katholische Bezeichnung für die Mutter Jesu Abkürzung: B. M. V.

 

Beate

Be a te Eigenname Beata |Be a te |weiblicher Vorname

 

Beatfan

Beat fan Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈbiːtfɛn |der Beatfan; Genitiv: des Beatfans, Plural: die Beatfans englisch jemand, der sich für Beatmusik begeistert

 

Beatgeneration

Beat ge ne ra tion, Beat-Ge ne ra tion Substantiv, feminin , die Beat-Generation |ˈbiːtdʒɛnəreɪʃən ˈbiːtdʒɛnəreɪʃən |die Beatgeneration; Genitiv: der Beatgeneration die Beat-Generation; Genitiv: der Beat-Generation englisch (-amerikanisch ) beat generation, vielleicht zu: beat = geschlagen; vielleicht in Anlehnung an: beatitude = Glückseligkeit Gruppe amerikanischer, eng der Jazzszene verbundener Schriftsteller, die in den Jahren 1956 –60 literarische Bedeutung gewinnt und in deren Schaffen ein bestimmtes, besonders durch eine radikale Ablehnung alles Bürgerlichen gekennzeichnetes Lebensgefühl Ausdruck findet

 

Beatifikation

Be a ti fi ka ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Beatifikati o n |lateinisch-neulateinisch Seligsprechung

 

beatifizieren

be a ti fi zie ren schwaches Verb |beatifiz ie ren |seligsprechen

 

Beatles

Bea t les Eigenname , die |ˈbiːtəls |Plural britische Popmusikband der 1960er -Jahre

 

beatmen

be at men schwaches Verb Medizin |be a tmen |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « jemandem zu Heilzwecken künstlich Luft oder Gasgemische in die Atmungsorgane blasen einen Patienten künstlich beatmen

 

Beatmung

Be at mung Substantiv, feminin , die |Be a tmung |die Beatmung; Genitiv: der Beatmung, Plural: die Beatmungen das Beatmen; das Beatmetwerden

 

Beatmungsanlage

Be at mungs an la ge Substantiv, feminin , die |Be a tmungsanlage | Anlage 4 , Gerät zur Beatmung

 

Beatmungsgerät

Be at mungs ge rät Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Be a tmungsgerät |Gerät zur Beatmung

 

Beatmungsstörung

Be at mungs stö rung Substantiv, feminin , die |Be a tmungsstörung |Störung bei der [künstlichen ] Beatmung

 

Beatmusik

Beat mu sik Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈbiːt …|1 ohne Plural Art des Jazz mit besonderer Betonung des Beat 1 und charakteristischer Instrumentierung (Gitarren mit Verstärkern als Rhythmus- und Harmonieinstrumente ) Kurzform: Beat 2 2 der Beatmusik 1 zuzurechnendes Musikstück verschiedene Disco- und Beatmusiken

 

Beatnik

Beat nik Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈbiːtnɪk |der Beatnik; Genitiv: des Beatnik [s ], Plural: die Beatniks englisch beatnik, gebildet mit dem jiddischen Suffix -nik, das die Zugehörigkeit zu einer Gruppe kennzeichnet 1 Vertreter der Beatgeneration 2 jemand, der sich durch unkonventionelles Verhalten gegen die bürgerliche Norm wendet

 

Beatpad

Beat pad Substantiv, maskulin Jargon , der |ˈbiːtpɛt |der Beatpad; Genitiv: des Beatpads, Plural: die Beatpads Stelle, wo man Rauschgift kaufen kann

 

Beatrice

Be a t ri ce , Be a tri ce Eigenname Beatrix |Beatr i ce …sə …t͜ʃe |weiblicher Vorname

 

Beatrix

Be a t rix, Be a trix Eigenname Beatrice |Be a trix |weiblicher Vorname

 

Beatus

Be a tus Eigenname |Be a tus |lateinisch männlicher Vorname

 

French Dictionary

béat

béat , ate adj. adjectif Tranquille, envahi d ’une satisfaction naïve. : Un sourire béat. SYNONYME bienheureux .

 

béatement

béatement adv. adverbe De façon béate.

 

béatification

béatification n. f. nom féminin Acte du pape nommant une personne au nombre des bienheureux.

 

béatifier

béatifier v. tr. verbe transitif Mettre au nombre des bienheureux. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le verbe canoniser, mettre au nombre des saints. étudier Conjugaison Redoublement du i à la première et à la deuxième personne du pluriel de l ’indicatif imparfait et du subjonctif présent. (Que ) nous béatifiions, (que ) vous béatifiiez.

 

béatitude

béatitude n. f. nom féminin Bonheur parfait. SYNONYME félicité .

 

beatnik

beatnik n. m. et f. (pl. beatniks ) nom masculin et féminin Anticonformiste (vers 1950 ). Prononciation Les lettres ea se prononcent i, [bitnik ]

 

Spanish Dictionary

beat

beat nombre masculino /adjetivo 1 Movimiento literario que surgió en los años de la década de 1950 en Estados Unidos como oposición a la sociedad contemporánea y los valores de la clase media; se caracterizó por el anticonvencionalismo y la improvisación en su obra, así como por el particular estilo de vida de sus componentes, que se abrieron a las religiones orientales, las drogas, el sexo y el alcohol :el beat fue el movimiento de los escritores portavoces del beatnik .2 adjetivo De este movimiento o relacionado con él :cultura beat; Jack Kerouac fue el novelista más carismático de la generación beat .3 nombre masculino Estilo de música básicamente rítmica surgido en Inglaterra en los años sesenta con influencias del rhythm and blues .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo del inglés beat ‘golpe o pulsación rítmica ’.Se pronuncia ‘bit ’.

 

beatería

beatería nombre femenino despectivo Actitud o comportamiento que se caracteriza por dar grandes muestras de devoción religiosa, generalmente de manera exagerada e hipócrita :sus chicos van todos a misa pero sin nada de beatería; (fig ) la corrección política no deja de ser una beatería actual .SINÓNIMO santurronería .

 

beaterio

beaterio nombre masculino Casa en que viven ciertas religiosas en comunidad y siguiendo alguna regla .

 

beatificación

beatificación nombre femenino Declaración oficial por parte del Papa de la ejemplaridad cristiana de la vida de una persona, con la que se autoriza su culto en la Iglesia católica en determinados actos o lugares :ceremonia de beatificación; la beatificación es un paso previo a la canonización .

 

beatificar

beatificar verbo transitivo Declarar el Papa oficialmente beata a una persona muerta y autorizar su culto en determinados actos o en ciertos lugares :la Iglesia beatificó a Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada en 1614 y la declaró santa en 1622 . Conjugación [1 ] como sacar .

 

beatífico, -ca

beatífico, -ca adjetivo Que tiene o produce serenidad y placidez :sonrisa beatífica; aroma beatífico; tranquilidad beatífica .

 

beatitud

beatitud nombre femenino 1 En las religiones cristianas, bienaventuranza que logran las almas al compartir la vida eterna en compañía de Dios .2 Estado de serenidad, paz espiritual y felicidad :son las caras de las gentes que sonríen en paz, con beatitud, en esos instantes en que, casi sin darse cuenta, llegan a no pensar en nada .Su Beatitud Tratamiento que se aplica al Papa cuando se le nombra o se habla con él .

 

beatnik

beatnik nombre masculino /adjetivo 1 Movimiento juvenil que surgió en los años cincuenta en Estados Unidos y tuvo auge en las dos décadas siguientes; se caracterizó por el rechazo militante de ciertos valores sociales y por una actitud vitalista .2 nombre común Persona que era seguidora de este movimiento, especialmente la que adoptaba un aspecto peculiar (vaqueros, cabello largo ) y una forma de vida marginal :los beatniks, apolíticos y pacifistas, se solidarizaban con otros grupos desarraigados o marginados .Se pronuncia ‘bítnik ’.El plural es beatniks .

 

beato, -ta

beato, -ta adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino 1 [persona ] Que ha sido beatificado por la Iglesia católica por haber llevado una vida cristianamente ejemplar, digna de ser recordada, y que recibe culto público en determinados actos o lugares .2 adjetivo Tratamiento que se utiliza precediendo al nombre propio de estas personas :el beato Marcelino; la beata Albertona .3 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que profesa vida religiosa en ciertas comunidades .4 [persona ] Que muestra una gran devoción religiosa :era una beata de misa diaria .5 [persona ] Que tiene una religiosidad afectada o hipócrita .6 nombre masculino Manuscrito que reproduce los "Comentarios al Apocalipsis " del Beato de Liébana :los beatos (siglos x al xiii ) son una obra maestra de la miniatura mozárabe y románica y están ilustrados con gran riqueza .

 

beatón, -tona

beatón, -tona adjetivo despectivo Que muestra una devoción religiosa exagerada o hipócrita :un diario beatón y localista .

 

beatus ille

beatus ille Tópico o tema literario en el que se ensalza un tipo de vida sencilla y retirada en el campo, lejos de la ciudad :el beatus ille más conocido de la literatura española es la "Oda a la vida retirada ", de Fray Luis de León .ETIMOLOGÍA Expresión tomada de un poema de Horacio que comienza con estas dos palabras, que literalmente significan ‘dichoso aquel ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

beat

beat /biːt /〖「連打する 」＞「なぐりつける 」＞「打ち勝つ 」〗(形 )beaten, (名 )beating 動詞 ～s /-ts /; ～; ～en /bíːt (ə )n /, ～; ～ing (!分詞形容詞用法については →beaten ) 他動詞 【打つ たたく 】1 (続けざまに )…を打つ , たたく , 連打する (!strike, hitは1度だけ打つこと ) ▸ beat one's horse 馬をむち打つ 2 〈風 雨 波などが 〉〈扉 屋根 岸など 〉に激しく当たる, たたきつけるように吹く [降る, 打ち寄せる ] (!この意味では 自動詞 3 の方が一般的 ) .3 a. 〈人が 〉〈ドラム 太鼓など 〉をたたく ▸ a girl beating the drum loudly 大きな音でドラムをたたく少女 b. 〈ドラム 太鼓などが 〉〈リズム 合図 (の音 )など 〉を打つ .c. 〈時計が 〉〈秒 〉を刻む, 打つ .4 〈鳥 昆虫などが 〉〈羽 〉を上下にばたつかせる .【殴打する 】〖beat A (C )〗5 A 〈人 〉をなぐりつける , 殴打する , なぐってC 〈状態 〉にする (!Cは 形容詞 など ) ▸ beat him unconscious [to death, black and blue ]彼を殴打して気を失わせる [死なせる, あざだらけにする ]6 (懲罰として )A 〈子供など 〉を手 [鞭 （むち ）, 棒 ]でぶつ, せっかんする ; ぶってC 〈状態 〉にする .【たたいて変形させる 】7 〘料 〙〈卵 クリームなど 〉を強く混ぜる , 泡立てる (up )▸ Beat the butter until smooth .｟レシピ ｠バターがなめらかになるまでよく混ぜます 8 〈地面 道など 〉を足で踏み固める ▸ beat a path through the forest 地面を踏み固めて森に道を通す 9 〈金属など 〉をたたいて薄くする, 打延して «…に » する «into , to » ▸ beat copper into a vase 銅をたたいて花びん (の形 )にする 【たたき出す 】10 «…から » 〈ほこりなど 〉をたたき出す (away, off ) «out of » ; 〈草地など 〉を棒で打って 【獲物を 】追い出す «for » ▸ beat the dust out of rugs じゅうたんからほこりをたたき出す ▸ beat the bushes for A A 〈人 物 〉をくまなく捜す 【打ち勝つ 】11 〈人が 〉〈相手 〉を打ち破る ; …に打ち勝つ; 〈競争など 〉に勝利する; 〈障害 問題など 〉を解決 [打破 ]する ; 〈従来の記録など 〉を上回る ▸ beat him at tennis テニスで彼に勝つ (!defeatはよりかたい語 ) ▸ beat the problem of drug abuse 薬物濫用問題を打破する ▸ He beat his own record .彼は自己新記録を出した 12 〈物などが 〉…にまさる, …より優れる , …をしのぐ (!進行形にしない ) ▸ (I ) [(You )] can't beat that .あれ以上うまくできない ; 最高だ ▸ Nothing beats skiing as a winter sport .冬のスポーツとしてスキーにまさるものはない 13 〈困難な問題などが 〉〈人 〉を圧倒する , 困らせる , うんざり [閉口 ]させる ▸ Rising airfares beat us .航空運賃の高騰には参ってしまった 14 〈人 物などが 〉…に先行する; 〈期限など 〉に先だって仕事を終える .15 〈人が 〉…を出し抜く ; 〈人 〉をだまして 【金などを 】巻き上げる «out of » ; (法などを出し抜いて )〈義務 罰など 〉を逃れる .自動詞 1 〖～＋副詞 〗(続けざまに )〈人が 〉 «…を » 打つ , たたく «on , against , at » ▸ Someone beat against the door .だれかが扉を激しくたたいていた (!knock onよりも激しくたたくことを含意 ) 2 〖～＋副詞 〗〈人が 〉【ほかの人を 】殴打する «on , against , at » ▸ beat on the hooligan with a nightstick 警棒で暴徒を殴打する 3 〖～＋副詞 〗〈風 雨 波などが 〉【扉 屋根 岸などに 】激しく当たる, たたきつけるように吹く [降る, 打ち寄せる ] «on , against » ▸ waves beating against the cliff 岸壁にぶち当たって砕ける波 4 〈ドラム 太鼓などが 〉リズム [合図 (の音 )]を打つ, 鳴る .5 〈心臓 脈が 〉打つ, 鼓動 [拍動 ]する ▸ My heart began to beat faster with [from ] excitement .興奮して心臓が早鐘をつくように高鳴り始めた 6 〈機械 ヘリコプターなどが 〉作動する, 作動して連続的なうなり音を立てる .7 〈鳥 昆虫などの羽が 〉 (ばたばたと )上下に動く .8 〘料 〙(泡立てるように )混ぜる ; 〈卵などが 〉泡立てられる ▸ Beat until smooth .｟レシピ ｠なめらかになるまでよく混ぜます 9 〈人が 〉(草地などから獲物を )追い出す .10 〈人が 〉打ち勝つ .a st í ck [r ó d ] to b è at A with ＝a st í ck [r ó d ] with wh ì ch to b è at A A 〈人 〉を非難 [攻撃 ]するための材料となる事柄 [事実 ].b è at ab ó ut «…を » 捜し回る «for » .b è at á ll ｟くだけて ｠人をびっくり仰天させる .b è at A b á ck [b á ck A ]A 〈人など 〉を追い返す, 追いはらう .b è at d ó wn 〈雨などが 〉【地面などに 】強く降る ; 〈太陽などが 〉照りつける «on, upon » .b è at A d ó wn [d ó wn A ]1 A 〈扉など 〉を打ち破る, 打ち破って侵入する .2 Aをたたいて平らにする ; A 〈火 〉を消す .3 ｟主に英 ｠【一定額まで 】A 〈商品価格 〉を値切る, A 〈店など 〉に値切らせる «to » .4 ｟くだけて ｠A 〈人など 〉のやる気をくじく ; Aを激しくぶつ .b è at A í n [í n A ]1 A 〈卵 砂糖など 〉を混ぜ込む, 入れて泡立てる .2 A 〈知識など 〉をたたき込む .b é at A into B 1 A 〈知識など 〉をB 〈人など 〉にたたき込む .2 A 〈人 〉を力ずくでB 〈服従など 〉の状態にする .b é at it ｟くだけた話 ｠〖しばしば命令文で 〗さっさと逃げろ, ずらかれ ; とっとと失せろ, 出て行け .b è at ó ff ｟米卑 ｠マスターベーション [自慰 ]をする .b è at A ó ff [ó ff A ]1 A 〈相手 競争など 〉に打ち勝つ .2 A 〈人など 〉を追い払う, 撃退する ; 払いのける .3 ｟米卑 ｠マスターベーションをする (!Aはoneself ) .b è at A ó n [ó n A ]＝beat up on A .b è at one s è lf ú p ｟米 くだけて ｠【失敗などのことで 】自分をひどく責める «over » .b è at A ó ut [ó ut A ]1 ｟主に米 ｠A 〈相手など 〉を打ち負かす .2 〈人が 〉【ドラムなどで 】A 〈リズム 合図 (の音 )など 〉を打つ, 鳴らす «on » ; 〈ドラムなどが 〉A 〈リズムなど 〉を打つ .3 (布などで )A 〈火 〉を消す .4 A 〈文字など 〉をたたき [打ち ]出す .5 A 〈金属 〉を打延する .6 〘野球 〙A 〈ゴロなど 〉をヒットにする .b é at A to it ｟くだけて ｠A 〈人 〉に先んじる, Aの先を越す .b è at A ú p [ú p A ]1 «…になるまで » A 〈卵など 〉をよく混ぜる, 泡立てる «to , into » .2 A 〈相手 競争など 〉に打ち勝つ ; Aをたたきのめす .b è at ú p on A ｟米 ｠A 〈自分より弱い人など 〉をたたきのめす ; 虐待する ; こきおろす .C à n you b é at it [th à t ]?｟くだけた話 ｠こんなこと信じられる [見聞きしたことがある ]かい ; どうだ驚いたかい .If you c à n't b é at them, j ó in them .｟ことわざ ｠勝てないのなら一緒になれ ; 「長い物には巻かれろ 」 (!themはしばしば 'emと発音 [表記 ]される ) .(It ) b é ats m è .｟くだけた話 ｠まったく見当もつかない, わからない (!相手の質問などに答えていう場合はしばしばItを省略; You [It's ] got me beat. ともいう ) .to b è at the b á nd [h é ll, d é vil ]｟米 くだけて ｠大量に, 激しい勢いで懸命に ; 目いっぱい .You c à n't b é at A .＝N ò thing can b é at A .｟話 ｠ «…については » Aが最高だ «for » ▸ You can't beat a car for convenience .車ほど便利なものはない .名詞 複 ～s /-ts /C 1 〖通例the ～〗連打すること ; 連打の音, (時計の )コチコチという音 ; 作動音 ▸ the beat of the helicopter ヘリコプターの発するバタバタという音 2 (心臓の )鼓動 ; 脈拍 (→heartbeat )▸ 70 beats per minute 1分あたり70の心拍数 ▸ miss [skip ] a beat (心臓が止まるくらい )動揺する 3 〖通例the ～〗a. 〘楽 〙拍子, リズム, ビート ; 強拍音 (→upbeat , downbeat )▸ the four beat 4拍子 b. 〘韻律 〙(詩行の )リズム, 韻律 ; 強勢音 .4 〖a ～〗(1拍分の )休止, 一瞬の 間 （ま ）.5 (鳥 昆虫などの )羽ばたき, 羽をばたつかせること .6 踏み固められた地面 [道 ].7 (警官 警備員などの )巡回 [パトロール ]地区, 持ち場 ; (新聞記者などの )取材場所, 持ち場 ▸ pound [walk, patrol ] the beat 担当地区を巡回する .8 «…に » まさる人 [物 ], «…より » 優れる人 [物 ] «of » .9 ｟米 ｠〘新聞 〙スクープ, 特ダネ .10 〘フェンシング 〙剣先払い .11 〘物理 〙うなり .12 〖通例B -〗ビート族 (の人 )(beatnik )(↓Beat Generation ).be ò ff [ò ut of ] one's [the ] b é at 1 〈警官 警備員などが 〉非番である, 持ち場を離れている .2 〈人が 〉専門外である, 畑違いである .be on one's [the ] b é at 〈警官 警備員などが 〉担当地域の巡回勤務中である .m ì ss a b é at 1 ↑2 .2 〖否定文で 〗〈人などが 〉 (変化 事件などに )すばやく対応する, ひるんだりしない .on [off ] the b é at リズムが合って [はずれて ].without m ì ssing a b é at 続けて, とぎれずに .形容詞 比較なし 1 〖be ～〗｟くだけて ｠〈人が 〉へとへとに疲れ切って (exhausted )▸ I'm dead beat from the long flight .長時間のフライトで本当に疲れた (!deadは強意副詞 ) 2 〖名詞 の前で 〗ビート族の (↓Beat Generation ).～́ b ò x 1 ＝beatbox (er ).2 (電子的にリズムパートを演奏する )リズムボックス .B -̀ Gener á tion 〖the ～〗ビート族 〘1950年から1960年代初期の作家や芸術家などの運動; 社会通念や定型的な生活様式に反発した 〙.

 

beatbox(er)

b é at b ò x (er )名詞 C ビートボクサー 〘ヒップホップでラップをしたり口でパーカッションの音を出す人 〙.

 

beaten

beat en /bíːt (ə )n /→beat 動詞 beat の過去分詞 .形容詞 more ～; most ～〖名詞 の前で 〗1 踏み固められた 〈道など 〉▸ a beaten path 踏み固められた小道 .2 打ち延ばされた 〈金属 〉▸ be made of beaten gold 金箔 （ぱく ）製である .3 (むちで )打たれた 〈人 〉.4 打ち負かされた ; 疲れはてた 〈人など 〉▸ a beaten army 敗軍 5 よく泡立てた 〈卵など 〉.ò ff the b è aten tr á ck [p á th ]人があまり行かない 〈場所 〉.

 

beaten-up

b è aten- ú p 形容詞 ＝beat-up .

 

beater

b é at er 名詞 C 1 たたく器具 [棒 ]; 泡立て器 ▸ a rug beater じゅうたんたたき .2 たたく人 ; (狩りの )勢子 （せこ ）▸ a wife- beater 妻をなぐる夫 3 ｟米 くだけて ｠おんぼろ車 .

 

beatific

be a tif ic /bì (ː )ətɪ́fɪk /形容詞 1 ｟文 ｠〈ほほえみなどが 〉幸せに満ちた, 至福の .2 祝福を与える .

 

beatification

be at i fi ca tion /biæ̀tɪfɪkéɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 U 〘宗 〙列福 ; 授福 ; C (カトリックの )列福式 .

 

beatify

be at i fy /biǽtɪfàɪ /動詞 -fies ; -fied ; ～ing 他動詞 1 〘宗 〙(カトリックで )〈死者 〉を列福する 〘福者 (blessed )の列に加えること 〙.2 …を幸福にする ; 祝福する .

 

beating

beat ing /bíːtɪŋ /→beat 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C 打つこと, たたくこと ; むち打ち (の刑罰 ); U (心臓の )鼓動 ; 羽ばたき ▸ give A a (good ) beating A 〈人 〉を (はげしく )せっかんする ▸ the beating of the wings 鳥のはばたき 2 C 〖単数形で 〗敗北 ; 打ち負かすこと ; 損失 ▸ I took a beating in the game .そのゲームでボロ負けした .t à ke a b é ating ｟くだけて ｠1 たたかれる, 打撃 [痛手 ]を受ける .2 ↑2 ; 大損する .t à ke some [a lot of ] b é ating ｟くだけて ｠この上なくすばらしい, 絶品だ .

 

Beatles

Bea tles /bíːt (ə )lz /名詞 〖the ～; 複数扱い 〗ビートルズ 〘英国の有名ロックグループ (1962 --70 )〙.

 

beatnik

beat nik /bíːtnɪk /名詞 C ビート族 (の若者 )(→Beat Generation ).

 

Beatrice

Be a trice /bíːətrəs |bɪ́ə -/名詞 1 ベアトリス 〘女の名 〙.2 ベアトリーチェ 〘Danteが 『神曲 』で理想とした女性 〙.

 

beat-up

b è at- ú p 形容詞 ｟米 くだけて ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗使い古した, ぼろの ; 壊れた 〈車 服 機械など 〉; 疲れ果てた 〈人 〉.