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Compare whip.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Beat the eggs and whip the cream."},{"definition":"(In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price","synonyms":["negotiate"],"antonyms":[],"example":"He wanted $50 for it, but I managed to beat him down to $35."},{"definition":"To indicate by beating or drumming.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to beat a retreat; to beat to quarters"},{"definition":"To tread, as a path.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To be in agitation or doubt.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To make a sound when struck.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The drums beat."},{"definition":"To make a succession of strokes on a drum.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters."},{"definition":"To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To arrive at a place before someone.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He beat me there."},{"definition":"To have sexual intercourse.","synonyms":["do it","get it on","have sex","shag"],"antonyms":[],"example":"Bruv, she came in just as we started to beat."},{"definition":"To rob.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He beat me out of 12 bucks last night."}],"synonyms":["do it","get it on","have sex","shag","hammer","knock","pound","strike","whack","negotiate"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A beatnik.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beat","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beats"]}]