beat
noun
1 noun repeated soundbuille masc4 to march to the beat of the drum máirseáil le bualadh an drumathe beat of the disco filled the room líonadh an seomra le rithim an dioscó 2 noun MUS tempo, rhythmbuille masc4 rithim fem2 a fast beat buille tapaTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 noun MUS, LIT stressed note or syllablebuille masc4 béim fem2 count the beats cuntais na buillí 4 noun of heartbuille masc4 she felt the beat of his heart mhothaigh sí a chroí ag bualadh 5 noun of animal's wingbualadh masc greadadh masc the beat of its wings greadadh a sciathán 6 noun patrol areastádar masc1 on the beat ar an stádar 7 noun patrol shiftstádar masc1 8 noun area of expertisespeisialtacht fem3 her beat is computers le ríomhairí a bhíonn sí ag obair, an ríomhaireacht a speisialtacht 9 noun HUNT game shooting arearaon sealgaire 10 noun FISH angling arearaon iascaireachta
verb
11 verb drum, gong, etc TRANSITIVEbuail verb to beat drums drumaí a bhualadh 12 verb of drum etc: make sound INTRANSITIVEbuail verb 13 verb mark, tap out rhythm, time TRANSITIVEbuail verb 14 verb of heart, pulse INTRANSITIVEbuail verb his heart was beating rapidly bhí a chroí ag preabadh 15 verb hit sb repeatedly TRANSITIVEbuail verb to beat sb severely duine a ghreadadh, greasáil a thabhairt do dhuineto beat sb into submission duine a smachtú le buillíhe was beaten into revealing their location buaileadh é nó gur nocht sé cá raibh siad 16 verb chest, surface, etc 17 verb of waves, rain, etc INTRANSITIVEbuail verb gread verb lasc verb gleadhair verb the rain beating against the roof an fhearthainn ag bualadh ar an díon, an fhearthainn ag lascadh in aghaidh an dín 18 verb hit metal, rug, etc for purpose TRANSITIVEbuail verb to beat sth flat rud a leathadh 19 verb force (belief, habit, etc) by beating TRANSITIVEbuail verb they beat the habit out of me bhuail siad an nós asam, bhuail siad mé nó gur fhág mé an nós i mo dhiaidh 20 verb COOK whip eggs, cream, etc TRANSITIVEbuail verb he beat the cream bhuail sé an t-uachtar 21 verb flap wings TRANSITIVEbuail verb gread verb 22 verb defeat TRANSITIVEbuail verb cloígh verb they beat them by three points bhuaigh siad orthu le trí phointeto beat sb in a race duine a bhualadh i rás, duine a shárú i rásI beat him into second place d'fhág mé i mo dhiaidh sa dara háit é 23 verb outdo, exceed TRANSITIVEbuail verb sáraigh verb I've seen strange things but that beats the lot! chonaic mé rudaí aisteacha ach buaileann sin a bhfaca mé riamh!that takes some beating níl a leithéid eile ann, is doiligh sin a bhualadh amach, is deacair é sin a shárúto beat the record an churiarracht a shárú, barr a bhreith ar an gcuriarracht 24 verb be better than TRANSITIVEbuail verb sáraigh verb you can't beat a good book ní féidir leabhar maith a bhualadhit sure beats an expensive meal in a restaurant tá sé i bhfad níos fearr ná béile costasach i mbialann 25 verb baffle, mystify TRANSITIVEthe thing that beats me about this film an rud nach dtuigim faoin scannán seo, an rud a théann díom a thuiscint faoin scannán seo 26 verb avoid TRANSITIVEseachain verb get there early to beat the queues bí ann go luath chun na scuainí a sheachaint 27 verb proceed with difficulty TRANSITIVEto beat your way through sth do bhealach a bhrú trí rud 28 verb arrive before sb TRANSITIVEwe beat them to the top of the mountain bhaineamar barr an tsléibhe amach rompu 29 verb overcome difficulty TRANSITIVEan lámh in uachtar a fháil ar cloígh verb it helped him beat depression chabhraigh sé leis an galar dubhach a chloí 30 verb HUNT force out game INTRANSITIVEdúisigh verb cuir ina suí 31 verb NAUT sail into wind INTRANSITIVEgabh chuigebuail chuigewe beat to windward bhuaileamar chuigeadjective
32 adjective informal exhaustedtugtha adj3 traochta adj3 buailte amachI'm beat táim tugtha 33 adjective (also Beat) LIT Beatnikbeat foreign 34 adjective informal baffledbuailte adj3 you've got me beat táim buailte agat, táim sna stoic agat