Phrase Hound found 72 phrases and 31 compound words that contain beats. The most common are listed below. Open beats in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 72
- heart beatsplural of heart beat: One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
- barber beatsa chillout style that emerged in mid-2010s, heavily inspired from vaporwave techniques, downtempo, trip hop and instrumental hip hop.
- beats the airthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat the air: To fight to no purpose, or against an imaginary enemy.
- beats the batthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat the bat: Of a ball: to just barely avoid being struck by the bat, through sheer luck.
- beats the bishopthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat the bishop: To masturbate.
- beats the boundsthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat the bounds: To trace out the boundaries of a parish in a periodic survey or perambulation.
- beats the bushesthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat the bushes: Synonym of pound the pavement (“to campaign diligently; to seek something”).
- beats the clockthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat the clock: To perform a task or successfully complete an activity within a time limit.
- beats the crowdthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat the crowd: To arrive at a location or complete a task before a large group of people do so.
- beats the drumthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat the drum: To mark the rhythm.
- beats the dustthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat the dust: To perform curvets too precipitately or too low.
- beats the meatthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat the meat: Alternative form of beat one's meat (“to masturbate”).
- beats the oddsthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat the odds: To succeed despite being unlikely to do so.
- beats the systemthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat the system: To circumvent rules, regulations, or conventions, usually by finding loopholes.
- blast beatsplural of blast beat: Rapid beats of a drum which often come at set intervals or as on/off beats.
- type beatsplural of type beat: An instrumental made with the intention of emulating the style and sound of a particular musical artist or producer.
- back beatsplural of back beat: Any of the even beats in music, as opposed to the odd downbeats
- bad beatsplural of bad beat: The losing of a hand after being the mathematical favorite to win at the start of the hand.
- beats aboutthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat about: To search for something; to look around for something; to hunt for something.
- beats allthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat all: To outdo everything or everyone; to surpass in every way.
- beats backthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat back: To fight against and cause to recede.
- beats downthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat down: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, down.
- beats feetthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat feet: To run.
- beats offthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat off: To drive something away with blows or military force.
- beats outthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat out: To sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum.
Compound words 31
- AfrobeatsA 21st-century West African popular music genre blending traditional music styles with Western pop.
- heartbeatsplural of heartbeat: One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
- breakbeatsplural of breakbeat: A form of syncopated rhythm prominent in much African music.
- deadbeatsplural of deadbeat: A lazy or irresponsible person who is often unemployed, often depending upon wealthy or otherwise financially independent people for support.
- drumbeatsplural of drumbeat: The beating of a drum.
- hoofbeatsplural of hoofbeat: The sound of a hoof striking the ground.
- easybeatsplural of easybeat: A team that is easy to beat; a team ranked towards the bottom of the competition ladder.
- offbeatsplural of offbeat: The beats not normally accented in a measure.
- afterbeatsplural of afterbeat: A secondary, weaker half of a musical beat.
- backbeatsplural of backbeat: The sharp accent on the second and fourth beats of rock music in 4/4 time.