beat
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9.0
- noun
- /biːt/
- Specialized
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ceñida
- After the fifth stage, there was a plateau at around 182-187 beats, slowing the upward slope of heart rate.
Examples
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When about to engage the enemy the captain would order beat to quarters to the rattle of the marines drums.
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Their prices for text, phone, and internet beat Net 10, Trac Phone, and Virgin Mobile.
Blog text (27) -
When about to engage the enemy the captain would order beat to quarters to the rattle of the marines drums.
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In the stadium, the music was joyful, and LuAnn walked to its beat.
Fiction book (1996) -
He counted the beats for twenty seconds, then multiplied by three.
Fiction book (1995) -
They were seafaring skulls, while the Siren song followed, on the coast broken beat.
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Fractals allow this comparison between ocean eddies and beat-to-beat heart rate analysis, in the same fashion as multifractal mathematics techniques.
Blog text (10) -
Just as we reached the front doors and the well-dressed ticket takers, a beat-up school bus screeched behind us, and I heard many voices calling, "Bob, hey Bob, we made it!"
Academic text (2009) -
To sail effectively against the wind, the crew had to perform a series of tacks during the beat.
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Navigating close to the harbor requires careful planning, especially when dealing with a challenging beat.
Antonyms
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2.9
To move slowly without a clear direction, for example when air or water move something
Idioms
- Offensive
15
7.6
Hit someone many times until they are badly hurt or win against them very clearly
- Informal
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6.1
To feel your heart stop for a moment because you are suddenly excited or scared
- Informal
Push away a lot of people or fans as a joke about being too popular
- Literature
To change weapons into tools for peaceful work like farming
Compounds
- NSFW
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8.0
A group of American writers and artists from the 1950s who reject social rules and choose free creative lives
- Archaic
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4.0
A style of pop rock from 1960s Britain with strong rhythms and simple melodies
Surface Forms
Etymology
A sailing beat (the noun) is the action of moving upwind by zigzagging, and the name comes from the repeated moves in the verb sense. So a beat in sailing is the repeated effort to move toward the wind.