Beat, beats, or beating may refer to:
Common uses
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Assault, inflicting physical harm or unwanted physical contact
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Battery (crime), a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact
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Battery (tort), a civil wrong in common law of intentional harmful or offensive contact
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Corporal punishment, punishment intended to cause physical pain
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Patrol, or beat, a group of personnel assigned to monitor a specific area
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Beat (police), the territory that a police officer patrols
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Gay beat, an area frequented by gay men
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Strike (attack), repeatedly and violently striking a person or object
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Victory, success achieved in personal combat, military operations or in any competition
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Beating (hunt), driving game out of areas of cover during a hunt
Arts, entertainment and media
Fictional characters
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Beat, an anthro fox in the animated series "Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori"
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Beat, in the video game Eternal Sonata
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Beat, in the video game Jet Set Radio
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Beat, in the video game The World Ends with You
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Beat, a robot bird in the Mega Man video game franchise
Film and TV
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Beat (1997 film), a South Korean action film
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Beat (1998 film), a 1998 Japanese film
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Beat (2000 film), a film about writer William Seward Burroughs
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Beat (2022 film), an Australian independent film starring Alexandra Jensen
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Beat (filmmaking), a small amount of action resulting in a pause in dialogue
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Beat (TV series), a 2018 German thriller series
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"Beats", a Series B episode of the television series QI (2004)
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Beats (2019 British film), based on the play by Kieran Hurley
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Beats (2019 American film), a coming-of-age drama
Music
Groups
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Beat (band), a Finnish band
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The Beat (British band)
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The Beat (American band)
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BEAT, musical group containing multiple members from King Crimson
Albums and songs
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Beat (Bowery Electric album), 1996
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Beat (King Crimson album), 1982
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"Beat" (song), by Kaela Kimura, 2005
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"Beats", a song by AJR from the 2019 album Neotheater
Music channels
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Beats Music, an Apple music streaming service
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MTV Beats, music TV channel of India
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Beat 102 103, an Irish radio station
Other uses in music
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Beat (music), the basic time in music and music theory
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Beat music, a popular music genre
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Drum beat, a rhythmic pattern
Other uses in arts, entertainment and media
People
Given name
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Beat (name), a Swiss German male given name
Surname
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Jackie Beat, drag persona of Kent Fuher (born 1963)
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Aone Beats (born 1984) Nigerian record producer
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Billy Beats (1871-1936) British footballer
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Cohen Beats (Michael Cohen, born 1986), Israeli record producer
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Eno Beats (Enock Kisakye, born 1991), Ugandan record producer
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Laxio Beats (Bernard Antwi-Darko, born 1987), Ghanaian record producer
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Mizz Beats (Iman Yanee, fl. from 2004), British record producer
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Rico Beats (Ricardo Lamarre, fl. from 2004), American record producer
Transportation
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Beat (app), a ride-hailing app
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Beat, a model of the Daiichi Kosho Whisper paramotor
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Chevrolet Beat, a car
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Honda Beat, a car
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Honda FC50, or Honda Beat, a motor scooter
Other uses
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Atlanta Beat, women's pro soccer teams (2001-02; 2009-11)
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Beat, a time unit of Swatch Internet Time, and a range of watches
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Beat (acoustics), an interference pattern between two sounds of slightly different frequencies
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Beat (charity), a British charity that supports people with eating disorders
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Beat (drink), a citrus-flavored soft drink
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Beat (fencing), a simple preparatory motion
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Beating against the wind, a sailing manoeuvre
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Beats Electronics, or Beats by Dr. Dre, an American producer of audio products
See also
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The Beat (disambiguation)
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Back Beat (disambiguation)
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Beat It (disambiguation)
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Beet (disambiguation)
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Big beat (disambiguation)
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Downbeat (disambiguation)
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On the Beat (disambiguation)
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Upbeat (disambiguation)
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Beat Generation, a literary movement
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Beat reporting, a genre of journalism
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Beat 'em up, a video game genre
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Beate, a given name
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Beats International, a British dance music band and hip-hop collective
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Beetroot, or beet, or beets, a vegetable
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"Dr. Beat", a 1984 single by Miami Sound Machine
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New beat, Belgian underground music genre
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Saint-Béat, a place in Haute-Garonne, France
