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beats
/bits/
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What does beats mean?
noun
- plural of beat
- (slang) An assault by beating.
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of beat
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proper noun
- A diminutive of the female given names Beatrice and Beatrix.
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He beats the air with words and edifies only those who are present, but does nothing for the absent and for posterity.
It is only upon dry, seasoned timber, freed of its bark, that he beats his reveille to spring and wooes his mate.
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It was once believed that the sexes might be distinguished before birth by the number of heart beats occurring within a minute.
“And all I can say of it is,” laughed Stryver with a vexed laugh, “that this--ha, ha!--beats everything past, present, and to come.”
The body temperature is extremely high, the pulse beats weak, the animal trembles, falls to the ground and dies in a convulsion.