Beats

Definition: Beats

Beats

Noun

1. A United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop).

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Date "beats" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Beats

Inexpectation

Phrase: little did one think, little did one expect; nobody would ever suppose, nobody would ever think, nobody would ever expect; who would have thought? it beats the Dutch.

Crosswords: Beats

He beats you (The Women; writing credit: Anita Loos)

A harpy, who beats him, and hits him, he he becomes her slave, and he sews her clothes, and worships-- (The English Patient; writing credit: Anthony Minghella)

Inside every hardened criminal beats the heart of a ten-year-old boy. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

But still, deep down, your heart beats like mine doesI know you feelI'm your son and I will always love you. (Dragon Ball Z; writing credit: Chris Forbis; Eric Johnson)

No one beats Sub-Zero (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette)

And my heart beats again (Drowning; performing artist: Backstreet Boys)

Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson (We Didn't Start The Fire; performing artist: Billy Joel)

She doesn't know your name and your heart beats like a subway train (Maria; performing artist: Blondie)

The drum beats out of time (Time After Time; performing artist: Cyndi Lauper)

Just chill, listen to the beats I spill (Keep Their Headz Ringin; performing artist: Dr. Dre)

Old folks say, "Only time the world beats a path to your door is if you're in the bathroom. (references; author: unknown)

Magoo Beats the Heat (1956)

Tortoise Beats Hare (1941)

Ko-Ko Beats Time (1929)

Buster's Heart Beats (1926)

Cupid Beats Father (1915)

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Books

• Carter Beats the Devil: A Novel (reference)

• Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil (reference)

• Exercise Beats Arthritis: An Easy-to-Follow Program of Exercises (reference)

• Assailing beats : poems (reference)

• ARBA (Ariba): Ariba Beats Expectations With Another Slash of Operating Expenses [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Hoof Beats (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Beats of the Heart - Salsa: Latin Pop Music in the Cities (reference)

• Move - Beats in Space (reference)

• Beats of the Heart - The Spirit of Samba: Black Music of Brazil (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• 3D & Snuggles: Terminal Beats (reference)

• Battle Rhymes & Posse Cuts (Fat Beats & Brastraps: Women of Hip-Hop) (reference)

• Classics (Fat Beats & Brastraps: Women of Hip-Hop) (reference)

• New MCs (Fat Beats & Brastraps: Women of Hip-Hop) (reference)

• Bone Crushing Brooklyn Beats (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• SONIC FOUNDRY Bunker 8: Extremely Abrasive Beats (Windows) (reference)

• SONIC FOUNDRY Loops for Acid - Street Beats by Poogie Bell (reference)

• SONIC FOUNDRY Processed Drumkits: Zero-Gravity Beats (reference)

• SONIC FOUNDRY Leo Cavallos' Downtempo Beats (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Time (the warder) to the visiting centuries: I've seen some pretty bad cases in my time, but this one beats them all. Credit: Library of Congress.

It beats anything for a sinking spell. Credit: Library of Congress.

Nurmi still setting worlds records : beats Shrubb's old mark for six mile run. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Immediately when the drum beats the charge, let the twenty from below rush to the barricade

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

It affects how steadily your heart beats. (references)

When this occurs the normal rhythm of the heart may be disturbed by abnormal beats. (references)

Describing how the heart beats normally helps to explain what happens during an arrhythmia. (references)

Human Rights

Jamaica

For example, designated policemen walk beats and interact with members of the community on a daily basis. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "beats": beats per minute ♦ it beats the devil! ♦ it beats the dutch ♦ that beats all devil! ♦ that beats all! ♦ that beats cockfighting ♦ that beats everything! ♦ that beats everyting ♦ that beats me ♦ that beats me! ♦ that beats the devil! ♦ who would have thought? it beats the Dutch. Additional references.

Ending with "beats": heart-beats, hoof-beats, wing-beats.

Arabic 

‏إنه يهزمني (that beats me). (various references)

Chinese 

敲�" (BEAT). (various references)

Czech

to je tedy vrchol (that beats everything, that puts the lid on it, that takes the cake). (various references)

French

battement (beat, beating), bat, harmoniques d'addition, abat. (various references)

German

Schwebung (beat, beating), schlägt (bashes, batters, dollies, flicks, hits, knocks, pommels, pummels, raps, slats, slugs, strikes, whacks). (various references)

Hebrew 

לא יכול ל�"יות (it beats the dutch), אפשר ל�"שת�'ע מן- (it beats the dutch). (various references)

Hungarian

hihetetlen! (that beats the dutch!), ez nekem magas (it is beyond my comprehension, it's above me, that licks me, this beats me), ez mindennek a teteje! (that beats everything!, that puts the lid on it!), ez mindenen túltesz! (that beats everything!), ez lehetetlen! (that beats the dutch!), ez kifog rajtam (this beats me), ez ki van zárva! (that beats the dutch!). (various references)

Italian

bpm (beats per minute), battiti per minuto (beats per minute). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

拍数 (count of beats in music), 拍�'数える (to count beats). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

はくすう (count of beats in music), はく�'かぞえる (to count beats). (various references)

Korean 

구타 (BEAT). (various references)

Manx

cor-woallaghyn. (various references)

Pig Latin

eatsbay.(various references)

Romanian

mare comedie (a pretty kettle of fish, that beats all devil, well I never), e prea din cale afarã (it beats the devil), asta-i culmea (it is the limit, that beats all devil), asta-i colac peste pupãzã (that beats all), asta mã depãşeşte (it is beyond me, that beats me), asta e prea boacãnã (that beats the devil, that crowns it all), asta e bunã (here's a fine how-d'ye-do, that beats all). (various references)

Russian 

бить удар (kick). (various references)

Swedish

slår. (various references)

Turkish

bu kadar da olmaz (that beats everyting, that takes the biscuit, that's a bit stiff), berbat birşey (that beats cockfighting), beni aşar (that beats me), horoz dövüşünden de beter (that beats cockfighting), en iyisi bu (that beats everyting), canıma yetti (that beats everyting). (various references)

malleator, malleatoris. (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "beats": backbeats, browbeats, deadbeats, downbeats, drumbeats, heartbeats, hoofbeats, offbeats, overbeats, upbeats. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Beats" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baelts, baet, bayat, bealt, bealts, beata, beate, Beath, Beatt, beaty, beauts, beest, befast, begats, bejants, Benatsky, besta, bhats, biast, breats, bte, byast, ebast. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: abets, baste, bates, beast, betas, tabes.

-1 letter: abet, ates, base, bast, bate, bats, beat, best, beta, bets, east, eats, etas, sabe, sate, seat, seta, stab, tabs, teas.

-2 letters: abs, ate, bas, bat, bet, eat, eta, sab, sae, sat, sea, set, tab, tae, tas, tea.

-3 letters: ab, ae, as, at, ba, be, es, et, ta.

+1 letter: abates, ablest, absent, barest, basest, basket, basset, basted, baster, bastes, bathes, beasts, beauts, bettas, bleats, breast, stable, tabers, tables.

+2 letters: abaters, ablates, abreast, absents, albites, arbutes, astilbe, backset, baddest, baguets, baiters, baldest, ballets, bannets, banters, banties, baptise, barbets, barites, barrets, barters, barytes, basinet, baskets, bassets, basters, bastile, batches, bathers, batiste, batsmen, battens, batters, battles, battues, bawties, beastie, beastly, beaters, bedfast, berates, berthas, bestead, bestial, betakes, betrays, bezants, bistate, blasted, blaster, blastie, boasted, boaster, boatels, boaters, borates, bravest, brawest, breasts, breaths, bursate, butanes, cablets, dabster, debates, gabfest, labrets, oblates, rabbets, rebaits, rebates, rebatos, seaboot, setback, sorbate, stabbed, stabber, stabile, stabled, stabler, stables, sublate, tabbies, tablets, terbias, upbeats.