The action by which someone or something is beaten. / A heavy defeat or setback. / The pulsation of the heart.

present participle and gerund 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.

plural of beating

(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).

present participle of beat to

(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”)

present participle of beat it