English Dictionary

beat

/biːt/

noun

A stroke; a blow. / A pulsation or throb. / (music) A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece. / A rhythm.

He gave the drum a beat.

意味（1）

A stroke; a blow.

He, […]with a careless beat, / Struck out the mute creation at a heat.

意味（2）

A pulsation or throb.

a beat of the heart

意味（3）

(music) A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.

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A rhythm.

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(music) The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.

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The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.

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The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency

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(authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.

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The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.

to walk the beat

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(journalism) The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).

As an adult, I became a journalist whose beat is the environment. In a way, I’ve turned my youthful preoccupations into a profession.

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(dated) An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.

It's a beat on the whole country.

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(colloquial, dated) That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.

the beat of him

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(dated or obsolete, Southern US) A precinct.

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(dated) A place of habitual or frequent resort.

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(Australia) An area frequented by gay men in search of sexual activity. See gay beat.

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(archaic) A low cheat or swindler.

a dead beat

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(hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.

Bears coming out of holes in the rocks at the last moment, when the beat is close to them.

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(fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.

意味（19）

(slang) A makeup look; compare beat one's face.

She made sure to give fans all the details about her beat in the caption.