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n. Plural form of beat.

v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beat.

n. a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)

"The rain beats down on his face as he smiles for the first time in a long time as a free man."

tired    beat of a clock   

beaten    beating    beats   

vibration    oscillation    route    path    itinerary    nonconformist    recusant    play    sailing    stroke   

pulsation    circuit    tack    flap    sponger    blowy    nonplus    surpass    defeat    to beat the air   

beaten    alarm    charge    parley    deadbeat    scoop    exclusive   

strap    rough up    cane    thrash    knock cold    welt    flail    lam    lash    strong-arm   

beat generation   

defeat    overcome    conquer    drub    baste    thrash    cudgel    thump    belabor    vanquish   

Crete    Deet    Delete    Fleet    Grete    Marguerite    Pete    Piet    Seat    Skeat   

rhythm    roar    throb    rush    whisper    stroke    sweep    burst    sound    pulse