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| NOUN: | 1. A periodic contraction or sound of something coursing: palpitation, pulsation, pulse, throb. See REPETITION, SOUNDS. 2. A stroke or blow, especially one that produces a sound: clunk, pound, thud, thump. See ATTACK, SOUNDS, STRIKE. 3. An area regularly covered, as by a policeman or reporter: circuit, round, route. See TERRITORY. 4. The patterned, recurring alternation of contrasting elements, such as stressed and unstressed notes in music: cadence, cadency, measure, meter, rhythm, swing. See REPETITION. | | VERB: | 1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: assail, assault, baste, batter, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thrash, thresh. Informal : lambaste. Slang : clobber. Idioms: rain blows on. See ATTACK, STRIKE. 2. To indicate (time or rhythm), as with repeated gestures or sounds: count. Idioms: keep time , mark time. See REPETITION. 3. To make rhythmic contractions, sounds, or movements: palpitate, pound, pulsate, pulse, throb. See REPETITION, SOUNDS. 4. To mix rapidly to a frothy consistency: whip, whisk. See ASSEMBLE, REPETITION. 5. To punish with blows or lashes: flog, hide2, lash, thrash, whip. Informal : trim. Slang : lay into, lick. See ATTACK, REWARD. 6. To shape, break, or flatten with repeated blows: forge1, hammer, pound. See REPETITION, STRIKE. 7. To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition: best, conquer, defeat, master, overcome, prevail against or (over), rout, subdue, subjugate, surmount, triumph over, vanquish, worst. Informal : trim, whip. Slang : ace, lick. Idioms: carry (or win) the day, get (or have) the best of, get (or have) the better of, go someone one better. See WIN. 8. To move (one's arms or wings, for example) up and down: flap, flitter, flop, flutter, waggle, wave. See REPETITION. 9. Slang. To make incapable of finding something to think, do, or say: confound, nonplus. Informal : flummox, stick, stump, throw. Idioms: put someone at a loss. See AFFECT, KNOWLEDGE. 10. Informal. To be greater or better than: best, better1, exceed, excel, outdo, outmatch, outrun, outshine, outstrip, pass, surpass, top, transcend. Idioms: go beyond, go one better. See BIG. | | ADJECTIVE: | Informal. Extremely tired: bleary, dead, drained, exhausted, fatigued, rundown, spent, tired out, wearied, weariful, weary, worn-down, worn-out. Informal : bushed, tuckered (out). Slang : done in, fagged (out), pooped (out). Idioms: all in, ready to drop. See HEALTH, TIRED. | | PHRASAL VERB: | beat down To be projected with blinding intensity: blaze1, glare. See LIGHT. beat off To turn or drive away: fend (off), keep off, parry, repel, repulse, ward off. See ALLOW, STRIKE.
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