beat
vb
1 bang, batter, belt (informal) break, bruise, buffet, cane, chin (slang) clobber (slang) cudgel, deck (slang) drub, flog, hit, knock, lambast(e), lash, lay one on (slang) lick (informal) maul, pelt, pound, punch, strike, thrash, thwack, tonk (informal) whip
2 best, blow out of the water (slang) bring to their knees, clobber (slang) conquer, defeat, excel, knock spots off (informal) lick (informal) make mincemeat of (informal) master, outdo, outrun, outstrip, overcome, overwhelm, pip at the post, put in the shade (informal) run rings around (informal) stuff (slang) subdue, surpass, tank (slang) undo, vanquish, wipe the floor with (informal)
3 fashion, forge, form, hammer, model, shape, work
4 flap, flutter, palpitate, pound, pulsate, pulse, quake, quiver, shake, throb, thump, tremble, vibrate
5 beat it bugger off (taboo slang) depart, exit, fuck off (offensive taboo slang) get lost (informal) get on one's bike (Brit. slang) go away, go to hell (informal) hook it (slang) hop it (slang) leave, make tracks, pack one's bags (informal) piss off (taboo slang) scarper (Brit. slang) scram (informal) shoo, skedaddle (informal) sling one's hook (Brit. slang) vamoose (slang, chiefly U.S.)
n
6 belt (informal) blow, hit, lash, punch, shake, slap, strike, swing, thump
7 flutter, palpitation, pulsation, pulse, throb
8 accent, cadence, ictus, measure (Prosody) metre, rhythm, stress, time
9 circuit, course, path, rounds, route, way
adj
10 (slang) clapped out (Austral. & N.Z. informal) exhausted, fatigued, on one's last legs, shagged out (Brit. slang) tired, wearied, wiped out (informal) worn out, zonked (slang)
beat up
assault, attack, batter, beat the living daylights out of (informal) clobber (slang) do over (Brit., Austral. & N.Z. slang) duff up (Brit. slang) fill in (Brit. slang) knock about or around, lambast(e), put the boot in (slang) thrash, work over (slang)