Defeated
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adjective
- Hammered into a desired shape
"beaten gold"
- Much trodden and worn smooth
- Being in a state of exhaustion exhausted
verb
- To hit repeatedly so as to inflict pain
"Inmates were put in solitary for beating other inmates."
- To walk on tread
"beat the pavement looking for work"
- To strike directly against forcefully and repeatedly dash against
"waves beating the shore"
- To flap or thrash at vigorously
"a trapped bird beating the air"
- To strike at in order to rouse game
"beating a hedgerow"
- To mix by stirring whip
"beat the eggs"
- To strike repeatedly in order to produce music or a signal
"beat a drum"
- To drive or force by blows
"beat back his attackers"
- To pound into a powder, paste, or pulp
- To make by repeated treading or driving over
"beat a path through the woods"
- To shape by beating
"beat swords into plowshares"
- To sound or express especially by drumbeat
"beating out a rhythm on the conga"
- To cause to strike or flap repeatedly
"a bird beating its wings"
- Overcome, defeat
"beat the insurgents in a bloody battle"
- To prevail despite
"beat the odds"
- Bewilder, baffle
"it beats me how she does it"
- Cheat, swindle
"beat him out of his inheritance"
- To come or arrive before
"I beat him to the finish line."
- Circumvent
"beat the system"
- To outmaneuver (a defender) and get free
"The player attempts to beat the defender and score."
- To score against (a goalkeeper)
- To produce (music or a signal) by striking something repeatedly to indicate by beating
"beat the tempo"
- To become forcefully propelled forward dash
"waves beating against the shore"
- To glare or strike with oppressive intensity
"The sun beat down on us."
- To sustain distracting activity
"… the turbulence of the Renaissance … beating about his head …"
- To strike a drum repeatedly to beat a drum
"The drummers kept beating."
- To sound upon being struck
"the sound of a beating drum"
- To strike repeated blows
"beating on the door"
- To strike the air flap
"The bird's wings beat frantically."
- To strike bushes or other cover in order to rouse game
- To progress with much difficulty
- To sail to windward by a series of zigzag movements
"beating along the coast"
noun
- A biscuit whose dough is lightened by beating and folding
adjective
- Toughened, tanned, or bronzed by the weather
"a weather-beaten face"
- Worn or damaged by exposure to weather
verb
- Repel
- Masturbate
verb
- To make or perform by or as if by beating
- To mark or accompany by beating
- To turn (a routine ground ball or a bunt) into a hit in baseball by fast running to first base
noun
- Bodily waste discharged through the anus feces, excrement
- An act of defecation
- Any of several intoxicating or narcotic drugs
- A minimum amount or degree (as of care or consideration) damn
"I don't give a shit what they think of me."
- A worthless, offensive, or detestable person
"He's such a (little) shit! = He's such a piece of shit!"
- Used as an interjection
- Used as an intensive usually with the
- Someone or something that is excellent and exemplary
- Something that is valuable or worthwhile
- bodily waste discharged through the anus : feces, excrement
- an act of defecation —usually used in the phrases take a shit and (British) have a shit
- nonsense, foolishness, crap; especially : trivial and usually boastful or inaccurate talk
phrasal verb
- To force (someone) to go back or to retreat by fighting
"Our troops were beaten back by enemy forces."
This clue was used on March 11, 2025.
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