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beating noun

  /ˈbiːtɪŋ/
  • A heavy defeat or setback.
 löylytys
  • The pulsation of the heart.
 löylytys, selkäsauna, taonta

beat verb

  /biːt/
  • (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
 lyödä, iskeä, hakata, voittaa, luovia, myrskytä
  • (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
 hakata, jyskyttää
  • (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
 jyskyttää, lyödä, sykkiä
  • To make a sound when struck.
 paukkua, päristä
  • To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
 paukuttaa, vatkata
  • (transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
 pieksää
  • To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and lesser intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations not perfectly in unison.
 päristä, päristää
  • (transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.
  • (military, intransitive) To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
 rummuttaa
  • To tread, as a path.
 tallata
  • (transitive, UK, in haggling for a price of a buyer) To persuade the seller to reduce a price.
 tinkiä
  • To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
 vatkata

beat noun

  /biːt/
  • The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
 huojunta
  • (music) 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.
 isku
  • (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
 ajo
  • (journalism) The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
 ala
  • The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
 biitti
  • The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
 kierros
  • (dated) A place of habitual or frequent resort.
 kotipaikka
  • (authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
 paussi
  • A pulsation or throb.
 syke
  • A rhythm.
 tahti
  • (by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially
 tontti, vastuualue

beat adjective

  /biːt/ , /bɛt/
  • (US, _, slang) Exhausted.
 loppu, puhki, uupunut
devil's beating his wife
hiiret viettää häitä, ketut kylpevät
wife-beating question
"joko olet lakannut hakkaamasta vaimoasi" -kysymys
beating heart
sykkivä sydän
take some beating
olla hankala lyödä
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