present participle of beat with the ugly stick

(music) The main level of a piece.

(intransitive, nautical) To summon the crew of a sailing man-of-war to their stations for action against an enemy. In the Royal Navy the drums were beaten to the rhythm of Heart of Oak.

Alternative spelling of deadbeat

(idiomatic, as response or with indirect question) I don't know; I have no idea.

(transitive, now often figuratively) To drive something away with blows or military force. / (intransitive, idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial, chiefly US, Canada) To masturbate, usually a man of himself.

(idiomatic, Ireland) To tell wonderful stories, or something which is amazing and remarkable.

(transitive) To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows. / (obsolete) To attack suddenly; to alarm.

(slang) Battered by time and usage; beaten up.

A person who, or thing that, has been beaten up. / (UK, military slang) A raid. / A beating; a hazing.