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A stroke; a blow.

A pulsation or throb.

Example: a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse

A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.

A rhythm.

To hit; strike

Example: As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled.

To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.

Example: He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque.

To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.

To move with pulsation or throbbing.

A beatnik.