beats


Meanings

  • 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)
  • a regular route for a sentry or policeman;
  • the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart;
  • the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music;
  • a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
  • a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
  • the sound of stroke or blow;
  • (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  • a regular rate of repetition;
  • a stroke or blow;
    • "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
  • the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
  • come out better in a competition, race, or conflict;
  • give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression;
  • hit repeatedly;
  • move rhythmically;
  • shape by beating;
  • make a rhythmic sound;
  • glare or strike with great intensity;
  • move with a thrashing motion;
  • sail with much tacking or with difficulty;
  • stir vigorously;
  • strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music;
  • be superior;
    • "Reading beats watching television"
    • "This sure beats work!"
  • avoid paying;
  • make a sound like a clock or a timer;
  • move with a flapping motion;
  • indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks;
  • move with or as if with a regular alternating motion;
  • make by pounding or trampling;
  • produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly;
  • strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
  • beat through cleverness and wit;
  • be a mystery or bewildering to;
    • "This beats me!"
  • wear out completely;


Scrabble Score: 7

beats is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

beats is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

beats is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 8

beats is a valid Words With Friends word