Beat generation, writers of beat poetry and other beat literature

Bit (acting), a 'bit' is also known (particularly in the US) as a beat, referring to the smallest unit of dramatic action in a play.

United States (essays) summary and related information.

A "beat", in Scotland, is related to the above meaning of "beaten path" and refers to a route taken by deer stalkers (as deep hunters are called in that region).

For example, in scuba diving "beating the lung" meant trying to breathe faster than the breathing set could supply air.

Meter (poetry), the linguistic sound patterns of verse

Beatmatching, the aligning of the tempos of the songs by DJs

The Beat (US), also known as The Paul Collins Beat, an American power pop group from the late '70s

Beat (music), a pulse of sound that marks the metre or rhythm of a piece of music

The Beat (band), a UK ska band of the early 1980s known in the US as The English Beat

Beat (acoustics), the oscillation between zero intensity and full intensity that occurs when two frequencies (which are not harmonically related) are added together, caused by alternating constructive and destructive interference of the pressure waves

Beat may be used as slang to refer to someone or something that is otherwise considered boring or uneventful, or to refer to someone or something as uncool, or bad. Common in the Philadelphia area.

Beat (King Crimson album), an album by progressive rock group King Crimson

Beat music, a popular name in the 50's & 60's for what later became known as pop and rock, thus bands would be referred to as beat groups or beat combos

Honda Beat, an automobile produced by Honda Motor Co.

For physical beatings and similar as a crime, see battery (crime).

.beat, the unit of the Swatch Internet Time

Gay beat, an area frequented by gay men for the purpose of casual sex

Beat, the territory and time that a police officer patrols

Directorial beat, an exchange of behavior between characters in a screenplay, usually taking the form of action-reaction.

Beat (Kaela Kimura song), a single released by Kaela Kimura in 2005

To hit repeatedly. This is the original meaning. The subject of the verb may be a human or something inanimate, as in:-

Beat (band), a Finnish band.

Forest beat, a divisional subunit used for administering forests in India, see Forest range

"Beating for game" in hunting means to systematically attack vegetation to drive out of cover whatever animals or birds that the hunters are hunting.

Beat, a character from the Jet Set Radio video game series

Beat, a robot bird in the Mega Man series of games

Beat (name), a common male given name in the German-speaking part of Switzerland

Beat is a brand of cola produced in Mexico by Coca-Cola

"Beat" is derived from Anglo-Saxon bēatan, likely with some influence from the verb French battre, Late Latin battuere = "to beat", of Germanic origin.

The Swiss man's name "Beat" came from Latin beatus = "blessed".