əˈmeɪz ˈbæfl̩

ˈbiːtnɪk bɪˈwɪldə(ɹ) bɪˈwɪldɚ bʊʃt ˈkeɪ.dn̩s kɹʌʃ dɛd ˌdʌmˈfaʊnd ˈdʌm.faʊnd ɪɡˈzɔːst ˈflʌməks ˈɡɹævəl ˈhɑːtˌbiːt ˈhɑɹtˌbit ˈmɛʒə ˈmɛʒɚ ˈmitəɹ ˈmiːtə nɒnˈplʌs aʊtˈwɪt ˌəʊvəˈɹiːt͡ʃ ˌoʊvə(ɹ)ˈɹit͡ʃ pɚˈplɛks pəˈplɛks pʌlˈseɪt ˈpʌl.seɪt pʌlˈseɪʃn̩ pəlˈseɪʃən ˈpʌzəl ˈɹɪ.ð(ə)m ˈskɹæmbl̩ ʃɛl ˈst(j)upəˌfaɪ θʌmp ˈvæŋkwɪʃ vɛks wear out completely This kind of work exhausts me I'm beat He was all washed up after the exam the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing a stroke or blow the signal was two beats on the steam pipe be a mystery or bewildering to This beats me! Got me — I don't know the answer! a vexing problem This question really stuck me come out better in a competition, race, or conflict Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship We beat the competition Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game beat through cleverness and wit I beat the traffic She outfoxed her competitors give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night The teacher used to beat the students hit repeatedly beat on the door beat the table with his shoe strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music beat one's breast beat one's foot rhythmically stir vigorously beat the egg whites beat the cream shape by beating beat swords into ploughshares produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly beat the drum make by pounding or trampling beat a path through the forest move with or as if with a regular alternating motion the city pulsated with music and excitement move rhythmically Her heart was beating fast indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks Beat the rhythm sail with much tacking or with difficulty The boat beat in the strong wind move with a flapping motion The bird's wings were flapping move with a thrashing motion The bird flapped its wings The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky glare or strike with great intensity The sun was beating down on us make a rhythmic sound Rain drummed against the windshield He drummed his fingers on the table make a sound like a clock or a timer the clocks were ticking the grandfather clock beat midnight very tired was all in at the end of the day so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere bushed after all that exercise I'm dead after that long trip avoid paying beat the subway fare be superior Reading beats watching television This sure beats work! a regular rate of repetition the cox raised the beat the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music the piece has a fast rhythm the conductor set the beat (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse the sound of stroke or blow he heard the beat of a drum the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart he could feel the beat of her heart a regular route for a sentry or policeman in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations