(idiomatic, vulgar) Alternative form of beat one's meat (“masturbate”)

To sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum. / To extinguish. / (US) To defeat by a narrow margin. / To work out fully. / To make gold or silver leaf out of solid metal.

(transitive) To beat up (a person) more than usually severely. / (transitive, colloquial, loosely) To defeat severely in various, even non-contact, competitive sports.

Alternative spelling of browbeat

(transitive) To do something before somebody else is able to.

simple past tense and past participle of skip a beat

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see police, beat.

present participle of skip a beat

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skip a beat

plural of beat level