BEAT

(MOVEMENT) [verb] [past simple] beat, [past participle] beaten or beat - to (cause to) make a regular movement or soundAlthough he was badly injured, his heart was still beating. [I]The doctor could feel no pulse beating. [I]The hummingbird beats its wings at great speed. [T]The drums beat (out) in the still night. [I]To beat out a rhythm is to make a regular sound or movement to music.She beat the rhythm out with her hands.To beat time is to make a regular sound or movement to music.