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 August 6, 2025.
This clue has been used several times with the same answer. It also appeared on these dates:
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