| Huvudsakliga översättningar |
| beat [sth]⇒ vtr | (strike, pound) | slå vtr |
| | (vardaglig) | drämma vtr |
| | | bulta vtr |
| | He beat the desk with his fist to try to get his point across. |
| | Han slog näven i bordet för att försöka göra sin poäng förstådd. |
| beat [sb]⇒ vtr | (hit [sb] repeatedly) (även enstaka gång) | slå vtr |
| | The judge sentenced Willis to five years in jail for beating his victim with a baseball bat. |
| | Domaren dömde Willis till fem års fängelse för att ha slagit sitt offer med ett basebollträ. |
| beat [sb] vtr | (defeat) | slå vtr |
| | | besegra vtr |
| | The championship team are confident they can beat the challengers. |
| | Mästerskapslaget är säkra på att de kan slå det utmanande laget. |
| beat [sth]⇒ vtr | (eggs: whisk) | vispa vtr |
| | Before you scramble eggs, you have to beat them. |
| | Innan du gör äggröra, så måste du vispa äggen. |
| beat [sth] vtr | (wings: flap) | slå vtr |
| | | flaxa vtr |
| | A hummingbird beats its wings many times a second. |
| | En kolibri slår sina vingar många gånger i sekunden. |
| beat n | (rhythm) | rytm s |
| | | takt s |
| | (slang, lånord) | beat s |
| | The dancers moved to the beat of the music. |
| | Dansaren rörde sig till musikens rytm. |
| Ytterligare översättningar |
| beat [sth] vtr | slang (be preferable) (vardaglig) | slå vtr |
| | Nothing beats a chocolate cake fresh from the oven. |
| beat doing [sth] vtr | slang (be preferable) (vardaglig) | slå vtr |
| | | bättre än ngt uttr |
| | Playing in a band as a professional musician beats doing a boring office job. Sitting here in the coffee shop with you sure beats working! |
| beat adj | US, informal, colloquial (exhausted) | utmattad, uttröttad adj |
| | | slut, slutkörd adj |
| | After a long day at work, Keith's father is beat when he comes home. |
| Beat adj | historical (beatnik) (lånord) | beat adj |
| | (lånord) | beat-, beatnik- adj |
| | Kerouac is the most famous of the Beat poets. |
| beat n | (musical note) | taktslag s |
| | You must remember to play harder on the accented beats. |
| beat n | (stroke, blow) | slag s |
| | | bankande s |
| | The beat of the workers' hammers gave Sue a headache. |
| beat n | (heartbeat) | hjärtslag, slag s |
| | | hjärtrytm, rytm s |
| | In her excitement, Fran could feel the beat of her heart. |
| beat n | (police officer's round) | rond s |
| | | patrull s |
| | Officer Smith pounded the beat all day long. |
| beat⇒ vi | (heart: throb) | slå vitr |
| | | banka, dunka, bulta vitr |
| | The doctor listened to see if the man's heart was beating. |
| beat vi | (wings: flap) | slå vitr |
| | | flaxa vitr |
| | The eagle's wings did not beat as it glided through the air. |
| beat vi | (nautical: tack) (båtar) | stagvända vitr |
| | | kryssa vitr |
| | There was a headwind so the sailors had to beat along the coast. |
| beat [sb]⇒ vtr | informal (arrive before) | hinna före vtr + adv |
| | | komma fram tidigare än ngn vbal uttr |
| | I bet we will beat you! We drive much faster. |
| beat [sth]⇒ vtr | (tap out: a rhythm) | dunka vtr |
| | | trumma vtr |
| | The drummer beat the rhythm on the bass drum. |
| beat [sth] vtr | (metal: flatten) | slå vtr |
| | | hamra vtr |
| | The craftsman beat the piece of metal until it was very thin. |
| beat [sb] to [sth]⇒ vtr | (arrive before) | hinna före vtr + adv |
| | Thompson beat the other runners to the finish line. |
| beat [sth]⇒ vtr | (hunting: rouse game) (vardagligt) | skrämma vtr |
| | | sporra vtr |
| | | reta upp ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | A group of local boys were paid to beat the undergrowth for pheasants. |