beat
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beating
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Synonyms & Antonyms for beat
Synonyms: Verb
bash, baste, bat, batter, belabor, belt, birch, bludgeon, buffet, bung up, club, curry, do, drub, fib [British], flog, hammer, hide, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lash, lather, lick, maul, mess (up), paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punch out, rough (up), slate, slog, switch, tan, thrash, thresh, thump, tromp, wallop, whale, whip, whop (or whap), whup, work over
Synonyms: Adjective
all in, aweary [archaic], beaten, bleary, burned-out (or burnt-out), bushed, dead, done, drained, exhausted, fatigued, jaded, knackered [British], limp, logy (also loggy), played out, pooped [slang], prostrate, spent, tapped out, tired, tuckered (out), washed-out, wearied, weary, wiped out, worn, worn-out
Antonyms: Adjective
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Examples of beat in a Sentence
Verb
He beat the dust out of the rug with a stick. She used a hammer to beat the metal into shape. She used a hammer to beat the nail into the wall. The dented metal was beaten flat. The waves were beating the shore. He beat at the door with his fists. The waves were beating on the shore. The rain beat on the roof. They beat him with clubs. a man accused of beating his wifeAdjective
Let me sit down. I'm absolutely beat! can we pick this up tomorrow, because I'm beat?
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Most recently, reporter Volodymyr Volovodyuk, who had investigated black-market trading in the central Vinnytsia region, was beaten to death June 12. — Dmytro Vlasov, The Seattle Times, "Year after reporter killed in Ukraine, no progress in probe," 20 July 2017 The Sun are one of the league's best teams, with one of its most exciting young cores, and beating the Stars was something most everyone expected them to do. — John Altavilla, courant.com, "Sun Warm To The Task, Pull Away From Stars In Second Half," 16 July 2017 Saturday's attendance beat out Louisville City's previous season-high of 9,074 fans reached against Tampa Bay in April. — Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, "Louisville City FC crowd sets attendance record against FC Cincinnati," 15 July 2017 Freed was able to spring to her feet and just beat the runner to third for the final out of the game. — Jeff Tully, Burbank Leader, "Burbank Junior softball claims division championship," 13 July 2017 Mr Putin was defiant over the outcome of the Magnitsky case, in which a lawyer who was beaten to death in prison was posthumously charged with tax fraud. — The Economist, "Donald Trump junior’s e-mails," 13 July 2017 There are special awards to male and female runners who beat the farmer. — Johnny Gorches, Post-Tribune, "Running notes: Valparaiso's Leeann Wright adds another win to resume," 12 July 2017 The C-17 is probably the largest military airplane to have gone through the loop: the Airbus A400M Atlas transport beat it by six months, but the C-17 is nearly thirty feet longer. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Giant C-17 Airlifter Does Low Level at the Mach Loop," 11 July 2017 NPR reported that at least 10 people participated in beating Bakari in a brawl outside the Greece bar, and now eight of them have been arrested and two charged with murder. — Brittney Mcnamara, Teen Vogue, "American College Graduate Reportedly Beaten to Death in Greece," 11 July 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Lounge mode offers an LCD-like screen on the ceiling that can show images while music plays on a multispeaker audio system and LED lights on the floor pulsate and flash to the beat. — Chester Dawson, WSJ, "Your Next Car May Be a Living Room on Wheels," 19 June 2017 Hawks beat Huskies North Harford (4-13) beat visiting Patterson Mill, 16-6, Thursday in non-division play. — Randy Mcroberts, The Aegis, "Aberdeen ends softball regular season on 12-game win streak," 8 May 2017 Beat eggs with a fork, then stir all ingredients to combine (the mixture will be thick, like a wet ball of sand—don't worry). — Redbook, "One Banana Bread, 3 Ingenious Twists," 6 Apr. 2017 Much like music created by human drummers, the cockatoos’ beats remain consistent over time and are individually recognizable. — Andrew Wagner, Science | AAAS, "Watch this cockatoo make music with a stick," 28 June 2017 Photo transitions happen on the beat, to give it a bit more pop. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Hands on with Microsoft's Story Remix, the new tool to make your photos pop," 15 May 2017 Rainbow flags decorated the chapel, while the pastors, who had flown in from Brazil, Canada and the United States, wore stoles in the trans hues of light blue, pink and white and the congregation swayed to Caribbean beats. — NBC News, "Communist-Ruled Cuba Hosts First Transgender Religious Ceremony," 7 May 2017 Beat in ½ cup sugar gradually, beating until peaks become more stiff. — Michelle Stark, Tampa Bay Times, "Five ideas for almonds: Almond cake, almond-herb sauce, almond-crusted fish," 21 Feb. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'beat.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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