Relating to the Beat Generation.

plural of beat

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beat

(idiomatic, chiefly as imperative, derogatory, colloquial, dismissal) To leave; to go away. / (idiomatic, US, Canada, vulgar, colloquial) To masturbate, usually a man of himself.

(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of beat

To teach or instil by harsh repetition.

(transitive) To arrive (somewhere) more quickly (than someone else); to succeed (at something) more quickly (than someone else).

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beat to

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beat it

(law enforcement) Of a police officer: patrolling his or her assigned area; on duty. / (slang, euphemistic) Synonym of on the game (“working as a prostitute”)