beat

Definition von beat im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: In haggling for a price: of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price
He wanted $50 for it, but I managed to beat him down to $35.; The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency; Past participle of beat
Thomas Limbrick, who was only nine years of age, said he lived with his mother when Deborah was beat: that his mother throwed her down all along with her hands; and then against a wall.; To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind; To hit; to knock; to pound; to strike
As soon as she heard the news, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled.; The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music; In newspapering, the primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.); A rhythm; (impersonal): It beats X Y = X cannot understand Y, where Y is an indirect question
said by Fred Dibnah): It beats me how she keeps tabs on everybody.; A pause with the camera focused on one shot, often a character's face (often used in screenplays/teleplays); To indicate by beating or drumming
to beat a retreat; to beat to quarters.; A beatnik; To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event
I just can't seem to beat the last level of this video game.; To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip
Beat the eggs and whip the cream.; 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; fabulous
Her makeup was beat!.; A small part of a dramatic play; The route of a patrol by a guard or officer as in walk the beat; A pulsation or throb; exhausted
After the long day, she was feeling completely beat.; To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm
He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque.; The form beat is used in the present tense and is the past tense; {v} to strike, throb, outdo, conquer, rouse, thrash, pound, measure time in singing, sail in a zigzag form; {n} the sound of a drum, a stroke, a motion; A beat or beat cop is a police officer who walks, rides, cycles, or drives in a specific neighborhood, known as a “beat.” Because the officer routinely patrols in the same area, he or she becomes well-known in the community, creating a positive relationship between law enforcement and the community; To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble; See Beat, v; Unit of measurement of rhythmic pulse of music; To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum; move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"; A regular subdivision of time that forms the basis for the pulse; A heavy stress or accent in a line of poetry The number of beats or stresses in a line usually determines the meter of the line See meter; a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat"; A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament; If you beat someone in a competition or election, you defeat them. In yesterday's games, Switzerland beat the United States two-one She was easily beaten into third place; In music, a beat is a unit of measurement. The number of beats in a bar of a piece of music is indicated by two numbers at the beginning of the piece. It's got four beats to a bar. see also upbeat, downbeat; An attempt to knock the opponent's blade aside or out of line by using one's foible or middle against the opponent's foible; In newspapering, the primary focus of a reporters stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business, etc.); To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly; the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing; To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat; Sharp contact with the opponent's blade to initiate or threaten attack; If you beat a drum or similar instrument, you hit it in order to make a sound. You can also say that a drum beats. When you beat the drum, you feel good. drums beating and pipes playing. Beat is also a noun. the rhythmical beat of the drum; To move with pulsation or throbbing; To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse; A reporter's topic area Courts, religion, education and Macomb County are all beats Think of reporters covering their areas as a cop might walk a beat; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass; A throbbing or undulating effect taking place in rapid succession when two notes not quite of the same pitch are sounded together If two tones are one cycle per second apart in pitch there will be one beat per second; A preparation To strike the opponent's blade; stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"; To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as rain, wind, and waves do; To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; often with out; a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"; for the purpose of rousing game; To be in agitation or doubt; metrical or rhythmic stress, groupings of which constitute the meter or "time" of music; When a bird or insect beats its wings or when its wings beat, its wings move up and down. Beating their wings they flew off Its wings beat slowly; To stir or mix rapidly with a spoon, whisk, or an electric mixer, adding air to make a mixture smooth, lighter, or fluffier; To stir rapidly in a circular motion Generally, 100 strokes by hand equals about 1 minute by electric mixer; (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse; A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat; When your heart or pulse beats, it continually makes regular rhythmic movements. I felt my heart beating faster. Beat is also a noun. He could hear the beat of his heart Most people's pulse rate is more than 70 beats per minute. + beating beat·ing I could hear the beating of my heart; The regular pulse of the music; make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"; A unit of action in a scene A scene is made up of a series of beats; To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc; move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"; very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip"; A sub division of time usually felt as the pulse within a piece of music; 1 A footfall within a gait A hoof, or pair of hooves virtually simultanosly striking the ground By this definition the walk has four beats, the trot has two, and the canter three 2 The emphasized beat (as in music) By this definition the walk has two beats, the trot has two and the canter has one beat
Beat Generation: A group of American writers who came to prominence in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Their most important works are Jack Kerouac's On the Road (1957), Allen Ginsberg's Howl (1956), and William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch (1959)
beat 'em up: A video game of the genre oriented around interpersonal combat (e.g. martial arts, street fighting, brawling, etc). Not a tournament fighting game
beat 'em ups: plural form of beat 'em up
beat Banaghan: An Irish saying of one who tells wonderful stories, or of something which is amazing and remarkable
Whenever he can find an audience, Doherty will spin some tale of local history or ancestral lineage in that inimitable Irish blend of fact and blarney. 'He beats Banaghan,' as the Irish saying goes of one who tells wonderful stories..
beat a dead horse: To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason
After having shown us three hours of instructional and safety videos, the inspector was simply beating a dead horse by telling us to buckle up as we got into the van.
beat a retreat: To leave hastily in the face of opposition
beat about the bush: Alternative form of beat around the bush
beat around the bush: To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally
beat around the bush: To delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant
Please stop beating around the bush and tell me what the problem is!.
beat down: to strike with great force
It was a ghastly morning, with the rain beating down in sheets.
beat down: To haggle someone to sell at a lower price
I managed to beat him down to half his original asking price.
beat down: to severely beat someone up
beat down: Alternative spelling of beatdown
beat downs: plural form of beat down
beat feet: To flee
beat feet: To run
beat it: To masturbate, usually a man of himself
beat it: To leave; to go away
beat level: The beat of a piece
beat levels: plural form of beat level
beat off: To masturbate, usually a man of himself
beat off: To waste time
I beat off at work all day; I didn't get anything done.
beat off: To drive something away with blows or military force. Now often used figuratively
beat one's head against a stone wall: to waste effort on a futile project
beat one's meat: To masturbate
beat one's meat: To waste time; to engage in an unproductive activity
beat out: To sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum
The drummer beat out a steady slow march.
beat out: to win by a narrow margin
beat out: To extinguish
He managed to beat the flames out with a blanket.
beat parry: The deflection of the incoming attack with a sharp striking motion
beat somebody to the punch: To do something before somebody else is able to
I was planning to take care of the problem for him, but he beat me to the punch and did it himself.
beat someone's brains out: To beat someone very severely
beat the crap out of: To beat really badly
beat the meat: Alternative form of beat one's meat
beat the rap: To escape legal conviction and punishment for a crime which one has been been charged with committing; to be acquitted
beat the shit out of: To beat really badly
beat to pulp: To beat up (a person) more than usually severely
beat to pulp: to defeat severely in various, even non-contact, competitive sports
beat to quarters: 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
beat up: An artificially or disingenuously manufactured outcry, usually in the media
Hydro project claims a beat up - Brownlee.
beat up: To attack suddenly; to alarm
Pa Blanken tells me that the Japs beat up our camp a month ago and we have lost all our heavy gear and moved up into the hills - he does not know where. Hell! No casualties, however. Our material losses were very serious. The Japs had found a rucksack containing all our money, our medicines, including all our vital quinine, a copy of our signals plan, and a number of maps. It seems probable that the Japs spotted our camp from the air. They certainly knew its exact position and came straight to it.
beat up: Battered by time and usage; beaten up
beat up: Repeatedly bomb a military target or targets
beat up: To cause by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up
He flew into a hill and beat himself up pretty badly.
beat up: To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind
beat up: To get something done, derived from the idea of beating for game
beat up: To give a severe beating to
I got beaten up by thugs on my way home.
beat up: To feel badly guilty and accuse oneself over something. Usually followed by over
beat-up: Worn out by overuse; in a state of disrepair
beat-up: An artificially or disingenuously manufactured outcry, usually in the media
Few areas of science journalism are more susceptible to frothy beat-ups than stem cell research.
Beat the hell out of: (deyim) 1. Fig. to defeat someone very badly.2. Fig. Inf. to batter someone severely
Beat the living daylights out of: (deyim) 1. Fig. to defeat someone very badly.2. Fig. Inf. to batter someone severely
Beat the socks off of: (deyim) 1. Fig. to defeat someone very badly.2. Fig. Inf. to batter someone severely
beat a dead horse: (deyim) Waste time on something that is a lost cause or likely to be unproductive, flog a dead horse [Brit]
beat around the bush: (deyim) to avoid talking about what is important
Quit beating around the bush and tell me what you really think about my idea.
beat cop: A beat cop is a police officer who walks, rides, cycles, or drives in a specific neighborhood, known as a “beat.” Because the officer routinely patrols in the same area, he or she becomes well-known in the community, creating a positive relationship between law enforcement and the community
beat down: (deyim) Persuade the seller to accept a lower price
She beat the merchant down $100.
beat one's brain out: (deyim) Try intently to resolve something difficult by thinking
beat oneself up: Reproach or criticize oneself excessively
beat the bushes: (deyim) Search thoroughly through all possible areas
beat the drum: Proclaim as meritorious or significant, publicize vigorously
beat the living daylights out: (deyim) Make someone feel extremely scared
beat to the punch: (deyim) To do something before another person has a chance to do it
beaten: hit, knock
beaten: Past participle of beat
beating: the pulsation of the heart
beating: Present participle of beat
beatless: Having no beat
beating: {n} a correction by blows
A beat: scoop
beat down: persuade the seller to accept a lower price; "She beat the merchant down $100"
beat down: When the rain beats down, it rains very hard. Even in the winter with the rain beating down, it's nice and cosy in there. = pour down
beat down: When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright
beat down: dislodge from a position; "She beat the dealer down to a much better price"
beat down: shine hard; "The sun beat down on the hikers"
beat down: bring down, force down; discourage, dishearten
beat down: persuade the seller to accept a lower price; "She beat the merchant down $100
beat down: If you beat down a person who is selling you something, you force them to accept a lower price for it than they wanted to get. A fair employer, when arranging for the pay of a carpenter, does not try to beat him down Beat down the seller to the price that suits you. = knock down
beat it: get out of here!; go away, leave
beat off: drive away, repel, beat back, send away
beat out: If you beat out sounds on a drum or similar instrument, you make the sounds by hitting the instrument. Drums and cymbals beat out a solemn rhythm. = tap out
beat out: beat out a rhythm
beat out: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
beat out: put out, extinguish; win, be more successful in a competition; drum, tap; remove forcibly
beat out: If you beat out a fire, you cause it to go out by hitting it, usually with an object such as a blanket. His brother beat out the flames with a blanket She managed to beat the fire out
beat out: If you beat out someone in a competition, you defeat them. Indianapolis beat out nearly 100 other cities as the site for a huge United Airlines maintenance center If we are certain a rival will beat us out, we are wide open to jealousy
beat up: gather; "drum up support"
beat up: If you beat yourself up about something, you worry about it a lot or blame yourself for it. Tell them you don't want to do it any more. Don't beat yourself up about it I don't beat myself up. I don't deal with things I can't handle. + beating-up beatings-up beating-up There had been no violence, no beatings-up until then
beat up: If someone beats a person up, they hit or kick the person many times. Then they actually beat her up as well The government supporters are beating up anyone they suspect of favouring the demonstrators
beat up: gather; "drum up support
beat up: give a beating to, hit repeatedly, pound
beat up: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
beatable: susceptible to being defeated
beatable: Someone who is beatable can be beaten. All teams are beatable, but it's going to be very, very difficult
beatable: {s} can be defeated, can be overcome, surpassable
beatable: Able to be beaten
beaten: Beaten earth has been pressed down, often by people's feet, until it is hard. Before you is a well-worn path of beaten earth. = trampled
beaten: much trodden and worn smooth or bare; "did not stray from the beaten path"
beaten: formed or made thin by hammering; "beaten gold"
beaten: {s} hammered (of metal); worn bare by frequent traffic, regularly used (as of a path); defeated, routed
beaten: Vanquished; conquered; baffled
beaten: formed or made thin by hammering; "beaten gold
beaten: A place that is off the beaten track is in an area where not many people live or go. Tiny secluded beaches can be found off the beaten track
beaten: Exhausted; tired out
beaten: Tried; practiced
beaten: Become common or trite; as, a beaten phrase
beaten: beaten repeatedly with heavy blows; "a battered child"; "the battered woman syndrome"
beaten: Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use
beating: Mechanical treatment of fibres to improve fibre bonding
beating: Mixing food to introduce air, to make it lighter and fluffier, using a wooden spoon, hand whisk or electric mixer
beating: zigzagging upwind, sailing closehauled and coming about
beating: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows the act of overcoming or outdoing expanding and contracting rhythmically as to the beating of the heart; "felt the pulsating artery"; "oh my beating heart
beating: Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart
beating: See heterodyne
beating: the act of overcoming or outdoing
beating: Acoustics
beating: A wave phenomenon in which two or more periodic quantities of different frequencies produce a resultant having pulsations of amplitude
beating: action of the verb to beat
beating: If you say that something will take some beating, you mean that it is very good and it is unlikely that anything better will be done or made. For sheer scale and grandeur, Leeds Castle in Kent takes some beating
beating: a heavy defeat or setback
beating: Sailing closehauled, tack upon tack
beating: Sailing into the wind
beating: Process of mixing food to introduce air and make it lighter or fluffier Tools utilized to beat an ingredient or mixture include a wooden spoon, hand whisk or electric mixer
beating: See Beat, n
beating: {i} striking, hitting; defeating
beating: Pulsative sounds
beating: If something such as a business, a political party, or a team takes a beating, it is defeated by a large amount in a competition or election. Our firm has taken a terrible beating in recent years
beating: Beating to mesh the pulp fibres in papermaking so that the fibres produce the desired quality of paper
beating: Tacking To sail against the wind by sailing on alternate tacks (directions)
beating: Sailing (or pointing) at an angle into the wind or upwind Since sailboats cannot sail directly into the wind, "beating" is the closet course to the wind they can sail
beating: The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows
beating: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
beating: expanding and contracting rhythmically as to the beating of the heart; "felt the pulsating artery"; "oh my beating heart"
beating: If someone is given a beating, they are hit hard many times, especially with something such as a stick. the savage beating of a black motorist by white police officers The team secured pictures of prisoners showing signs of severe beatings
beating: The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction
beating: Sailing toward the direction of the wind by tacking
beating: Sailing upwind; close-hauled
beatings: plural of beating
beats: A series of alternate reinforcements and cancellations produced by the interference of two sets of superimposed waves of different frequencies, heard as a throbbing effect in sound waves
beats: third-person singular of beat
beats: A throbbing variation in the loudness of sound caused by interference when two tones of slightly different frequencies are sounded together
beats: acoustical phenomena caused when two or more frequencies are an irrational interval apart, leading to asymetrical difference tones
beats: a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e g , bebop)
beats: One unit of text denoting the beginning and end of an action Or simply, a moment, as in "wait two beats and continue "
beats: plural of beat
beats: Periodic variations in amplitude that result from the superposition or addition or two tones with nearly the same frequency
beats: A wobbling effect in a sound which contains two frequencies close together Heard in bells with doublets
beats: The result of combining two sounds less than 30 Hz or so apart in frequency together, beating is the alternate reinforcement and cancellation of amplitude in the combination sound (over around 30 Hz in difference results in an rougher "out of tune" sound, rather than distinct beats) Most easily heard when the original sounds are of equal volume, the frequency of the beats will be the difference in frequency between the two signals Beats are common in most musical instruments, and are often used for tuning; when the instruments are in tune, beating disappears When complex sounds are combined, beating occurs between various partials in the signals - listen to a piano for a good example of this Beating is not restricted to musical instruments, it can occur between any two signals or sounds
beats: Periodic fluctuations that are heard when sounds of slightly different frequencies are superimposed

Türkisch - Englisch

Definition von beat im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch: the beat; be beat

beat

Türkische aussprache

bit

Synonyme

dog tired, exhausted, fatigued, kaput, wearied, weary, worn out, cadence, cadency, flow, flutter, measure, meter, oscillation, palpitation

Antonyme

rested, aid, assist, guard, help, protect, cede, lose, relinquish, retreat, surrender

Aussprache

/ˈbēt/ /ˈbiːt/

Etymologie

[ bEt ] (verb.) before 12th century. From Middle English beten, from Old English bēatan (“to beat, pound, strike, lash, dash, thrust, hurt, injure”), from Proto-Germanic *bautanan (“to push, strike”) (compare Low German boten, German boßen, Old Norse bauta), from Proto-Indo-European *bhau- (compare Old Irish fo-botha 'he threatened', Latin confutāre 'to strike down', fūstis 'stick, club', Albanian bahe 'sling', Lithuanian baudžiù, Bulgarian bútam 'I beat, knock', Armenian but' 'stump').