beat

Pronúncia: biːt
    noun
  1. [blow] cop.
  2. [of drum] redoblament.
  3. [of heart] pulsació, batec, bategada.
  4. Music compàs.
  5. Music & Poetry ritme.
  6. [of policeman] ronda.
  7. it's off my beat altogether això cau completament fora de la meva competència.
    8. transitive verb [preterite beat, past participle beaten]
  8. [strike] picar, donar cops a.
  9. [person] pegar, picar familiar.
  10. [drum] tocar.
  11. Music [time] marcar.
  12. [path] obrir(-se).
  13. [of bird, wings] batre.
  14. he beat him on the head li va donar un cop al cap.
  15. he beat him about the head li va donar una sèrie de cops al cap.
  16. to beat someone to death deixar algú mig mort a cops de pal.
  17. to beat it slang tocar el dos.

  18. Hunting esquivar, espantar.

  19. [defeat] guanyar, vèncer, derrotar.
  20. [record] batre, millorar, superar.
  21. to beat someone to it arribar abans que algú.
  22. that beats everything això ho depassa tot, només ens faltava aquesta.
  23. [mystify] confondre.
  24. it has me beaten em deixa completament perplex.

  25. to beat back rebutjar.
  26. to beat down abatre.
  27. (idem) [resistance, opponent] vèncer.
  28. (idem) [price] aconseguir més barat, regatejant.
  29. (idem) [seller] convèncer que rebaixi el preu.
  30. to beat off rebutjar.
  31. to beat out [metal] martellejar.
  32. [poem, tune] martellejar.
  33. to beat up Cooking batre, debatre.
  34. (idem) [person] bastonejar, cinglar, tustar, atupar.
  35. (idem) [horse] fustigar.

    36. [other idioms]
  36. to beat about the bush fugir d'estudi.
  37. to beat one's head against a brick wall donar cops de cap a la paret.
  38. to beat one's brain out trencar-se el cap (on, over en).
  39. to beat someone to his knees baldar, convertir en una desferra.
    40. intransitive verb
  40. [heart] bategar.
  41. the rain was beating down plovia amb fúria.
  42. the drums were beating els timbals redoblaven.
  43. to beat on a door donar cops a una porta.
  44. the waves beat on the shore les ones xoquen contra la platja.
  45. to beat about Nautical anar a sobrevent.