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beat
noun- a regular route or locale (of a prostitute or police officer) UK, 1721
- All right. Kill each other! But not on my beat. — Stephen Sondheim, West Side Story, p. 2, 1957
- — Peter Laurie, Scotland Yard, p. 320, 1970
- Then later, on the beat, he said it was Colin who did it. — Lanre Fehintola, Charlie Says..., p. 48, 2000
- a member of the 1950s youth counterculture US
- But insofar as they speak of themselves generically and are forced to choose among evils, they prefer the word “beat.” — Dissent, p. 339, Summer 1961
- Beats avoid work. — Ned Polsky, Hustlers, Beats, and Others, p. 159, 1967
- in horse racing, an unfortunate defeat US
- As when a horse is caught in the last stride and a losing bettor moans, “What a tough beata!” — Tom Ainslie, Ainslie’s Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing, p. 328, 1976
- a crime which has not been solved US
- What the fuck do I care if this goes in as a solve or a beat? — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 449, 1992
- in television and film making, the main storyline US
- — Ralph S. Singleton, Filmaker’s Dictionary, p. 16, 1990
- a car US
- — Marcus Hanna Boulware, Jive and Slang of Students in Negro Colleges, 1947
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