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We think the answer is "BEAT" which means:
- noun
- • A regular route for a sentry or policeman
- • The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- • The basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
- • A single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
- • A member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- • The sound of stroke or blow
- • (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- • A regular rate of repetition
- • A stroke or blow
- • The act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing adjective satellite
- • Very tired verb
- • Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- • Give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
- • Hit repeatedly
- • Move rhythmically
- • Shape by beating
- • Make a rhythmic sound
- • Glare or strike with great intensity
- • Move with a thrashing motion
- • Sail with much tacking or with difficulty
- • Stir vigorously
- • Strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
- • Be superior
- • Avoid paying
- • Make a sound like a clock or a timer
- • Move with a flapping motion
- • Indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
- • Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- • Make by pounding or trampling
- • Produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
- • Strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- • Beat through cleverness and wit
- • Be a mystery or bewildering to
- • Wear out completely adjective
- • Exhausted
- • Dilapidated, beat up
- • Fabulous
- • Boring
- • (of a person) ugly
An example sentence would be:
- • "The sound of the drums created a pulsating beat."
- • "He has a strong and steady heart beat."
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