🥁 To hit repeatedly 🏆 To defeat 🎵 A rhythm 🤔 To puzzle 🍳 To mix quickly 👮 A patrol area 😩 To exhaust 🔨 To shape by hitting ⛵ To sail upwind ⛵ Sailing upwind 🧑‍🎤 A counterculture person 🌾 To make a trail 😩 Very tired

beat

5 6.7

Very tired and without energy

adjective
/biːt/

Informal

: agotado

She was beat after working a double shift and could barely keep her eyes open.
pretty beat
so beat

But even though you are physically available, mentally you are beat, you are drained.

Examples

You are beat, right?

The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)
"I have a hunch we're both pretty beat," he said in answer to her suggestion of a nightcap.

Fiction book (1991)
I'm pretty beat and I have a lot of work the next few days.

Fiction book (1990)
I'm pretty beat, and I need to get some rest!

Blog text (31)
But even though you are physically available, mentally you are beat, you are drained.

Stephan Speaks
I'm pretty beat.

Crossroads (2002)
I'm pretty beat.

Crossroads (2002)
After a long day of hiking, I felt completely beat and just wanted to sleep.
By the end of the match, everyone was feeling beat and ready to head home.

Synonyms

dead

vsbeat

Informal

131 6.6

Extremely tired and with no energy after hard work

is the neutral informal term for being very tired

weary

vsbeat

129 3.2

Feeling very tired after hard work or long effort

is the short informal term for acute complete exhaustion

all in

vsbeat

27 5.4

Very tired and cannot do anything

focuses on general tiredness without specifying cause

worn out

vsbeat

23 2.9

Feeling very tired and having no energy

emphasizes exhaustion generally rather than physical breakdown

fatigued

vsbeat

13 4.1

Feeling very tired and having no energy

is the informal everyday way to say extreme tiredness

knackered

vsbeat

3 8.5

Feeling very tired and having no energy

is the general informal label for being very tired

dead on one's feet

vsbeat

Informal

2 7.1

Very tired after hard physical or mental work

is a general tiredness label without the standing collapse image

bushed

vsbeat

Informal

1 8.2

Feeling very tired after a long time of hard work or activity

is the broad informal term not tied to activity type

whacked

vsbeat

9.3

Feeling very tired with no energy left

is the informal way to say very tired

wacked

vsbeat

Informal

8.7

Very tired and without energy after hard work

is the casual way to express being very tired

knickered

vsbeat

9.6

Very tired after hard physical activity

is the general informal expression for severe fatigue

deuced tired

vsbeat

Archaic

9.9

Feeling very tired and unable to do much

is the informal everyday word for being very tired

wearied

vsbeat

3.4

Feeling very tired after hard physical or mental effort

is the casual label focusing on current strong exhaustion

Antonyms

refreshed

1 1.5

Feeling rested and full of new energy after a break

Idioms

to beat the odds

16 5.3

To succeed despite great difficulty or low chances

to beat to a pulp

Offensive

15 7.6

Hit someone many times until they are badly hurt or win against them very clearly

to beat to the punch

15 5.5

To do something before someone else to get an advantage

on the beat

Literature

10 5.5

Working in one area, usually as a police officer or reporter

to skip a beat

Informal

9 6.1

To feel your heart stop for a moment because you are suddenly excited or scared

to beat the clock

4 3.9

To finish something before the time runs out

to beat (someone) at (their) own game

Informal

3 5.3

To defeat someone by using their own methods

without missing a beat

Informal

3 5.5

To act immediately and confidently without pausing

to beat the pants off

Informal

3 7.7

Win easily by a lot against another person or team

to beat the bushes

2 7.2

Search carefully in many places to find someone or something

to beat the drum

2 5.5

To speak or act strongly to support a cause

to beat feet

Slang

2 9.0

To leave quickly to escape or avoid something

to beat as one

1 6.1

To move or act together at the same time in the same way

to beat someone's brains out

Offensive

1 9.4

To work very hard or to threaten to hit someone

to beat the stuffing out of

Offensive

1 9.0

Hit someone many times until they are badly hurt

to beat my brain

Informal

1 8.2

To think very hard to remember something or to solve a problem

to beat the band

Informal

1 8.9

To do something with great energy and excitement

to beat a retreat

1 6.0

To leave a place quickly to avoid danger or trouble

to beat all expectations

3.9

To do much better than people expected

to beat off with a stick

Informal

8.8

Push away a lot of people or fans as a joke about being too popular

to beat one's breast

Literature

9.1

Show deep regret by hitting your chest and crying

to beat one's meat

Offensive

9.9

To touch his own penis to feel sexual pleasure

to beat swords into ploughshares

Literature

8.6

To change weapons into tools for peaceful work like farming

to beat the bishop

Offensive

9.9

To touch your own private parts to make yourself sexually excited

to beat the cock

Archaic

9.9

Get up very early before sunrise

beat with the ugly stick

Offensive

9.9

A person or thing that looks very ugly, said as a joke

never missing a beat

Informal

7.5

Always alert and ready to react to news and events

Compounds

Beat Generation

NSFW

2 8.0

A group of American writers and artists from the 1950s who reject social rules and choose free creative lives

beat combo

Archaic

1 6.5

A small band that plays rhythm music for dancing

beat music

Archaic

1 4.0

A style of pop rock from 1960s Britain with strong rhythms and simple melodies

staccato beat

Specialized

1 6.1

Short, sharp musical sounds that have clear gaps between notes

type beat

Jargon

7.7

A music track made in the style of a popular artist

How Tired

exhausted

104 2.0

beat

Informal

5 6.7

weary

129 3.2

tired

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

beat positive

Etymology

The adjective beat meaning 'very tired' comes from the image of being 'beaten' or worked down by effort. So if you are 'beat', you are exhausted.