simple past tense and past participle of skip a beat

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see police, beat.

present participle of skip a beat

plural of beat level

plural of bad beat

plural of beat-up

(informal) To leave hastily in the face of opposition.

(US, slang) A police officer who patrols the streets on foot (walks the beat)

plural of story beat

An interaction, between characters in a drama, that advances the plot