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beat noun

  /biːt/
  • (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.
 béim

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.
 buail, gread
  • (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
 gread, liúr

beating noun

  /ˈbiːtɪŋ/
  • The pulsation of the heart.
 greasáil
beat up
greasáil
on the beat
ar an stádar
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