[
  {
    "word": "beat",
    "phonetic": "/bi\u02d0t/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/bi\u02d0t/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/beat-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1235928",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A stroke; a blow.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A pulsation or throb.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A rhythm.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect; a plot point or story development.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "the beat of him"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A precinct.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A place of habitual or frequent resort.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A low cheat or swindler.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a dead beat"
          },
          {
            "definition": "The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A smart tap on the adversary's blade.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To hit; strike",
            "synonyms": [
              "hammer",
              "knock",
              "pound",
              "strike",
              "whack"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To move with pulsation or throbbing.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I just can't seem to beat the last level of this video game."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Beat the eggs and whip the cream."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price",
            "synonyms": [
              "negotiate"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He wanted $50 for it, but I managed to beat him down to $35."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To indicate by beating or drumming.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to beat a retreat; to beat to quarters"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To tread, as a path.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be in agitation or doubt.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make a sound when struck.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The drums beat."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make a succession of strokes on a drum.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To arrive at a place before someone.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He beat me there."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To have sexual intercourse.",
            "synonyms": [
              "do it",
              "get it on",
              "have sex",
              "shag"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Bruv, she came in just as we started to beat."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To rob.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He beat me out of 12 bucks last night."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "do it",
          "get it on",
          "have sex",
          "shag",
          "hammer",
          "knock",
          "pound",
          "strike",
          "whack",
          "negotiate"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Exhausted",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "After the long day, she was feeling completely beat."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Dilapidated, beat up",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Dude, you drive a beat car like that and you ain\u2019t gonna get no honeys."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Fabulous",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Her makeup was beat!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Boring",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of a person) ugly",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "fantabulosa"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beat"
    ]
  },
  {
    "word": "beat",
    "phonetic": "/bi\u02d0t/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/bi\u02d0t/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/beat-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1235928",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A beatnik.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beat"
    ]
  }
]