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beat

  1. verb, to strike with or as if with a series of violent blows; dash or pound repeatedly (against)
  2. verb, to punish by striking; flog
  3. verb, to move or cause to move up and down; flap
  4. (and 39 more)

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Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008

 

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  1. the bird beat its wings heavily
  2. her heart beat fast
  3. she beat her way out of the crowd
  4. beat the drums!
  5. they set off early to beat the rush hour

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Synonyms

assail, stuff (slang), throb, pound, pulse, thumping, vibration, pulsate, palpitate, pulsation


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