Beat, beats, or beating may refer to:

Common uses

Assault In the terminology of law, an assault is the act of causing physical harm or consent, unwanted physical contact to another person, or, in some legal definitions, the threat or attempt to do so. It is both a crime and a tort and, therefore, may ...

, inflicting physical harm or unwanted physical contact *

Battery (crime) Battery is a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact, distinct from assault, which is the act of creating reasonable fear or apprehension of such contact. Battery is a specific common law offense, although the term is used more gen ...

, a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact *

Battery (tort) In common law, battery is a tort falling under the umbrella term 'trespass to the person'. Entailing unlawful contact which is directed and intentional, or reckless (or, in Australia, negligently) and voluntarily bringing about a harmful or offen ...

, a civil wrong in common law of intentional harmful or offensive contact *

Corporal punishment A corporal punishment or a physical punishment is a punishment which is intended to cause physical pain to a person. When it is inflicted on Minor (law), minors, especially in home and school settings, its methods may include spanking or Padd ...

, punishment intended to cause physical pain *

Patrol A patrol is commonly a group of personnel, such as law enforcement officers, military personnel, or security personnel, that are assigned to monitor or secure a specific geographic area. Etymology The word "patrol" is derived from the Frenc ...

, or beat, a group of personnel assigned to monitor a specific area **

Beat (police) In police terminology, a beat is the territory that a police officer is assigned to patrol. Beats are used to effectively divide available officers across a law enforcement agency's jurisdiction, ensuring organized police presence across a wide ...

, the territory that a police officer patrols ** Gay beat, an area frequented by gay men *

Strike (attack) A strike is a directed, forceful physical attack with either a part of the human body or with a handheld object (such as a melee weapon), intended to cause blunt trauma, blunt or penetrating trauma upon an opponent. There are many different var ...

, repeatedly and violently striking a person or object *

Victory The term victory (from ) originally applied to warfare, and denotes success achieved in personal duel, combat, after military operations in general or, by extension, in any competition. Success in a military campaign constitutes a strategic vi ...

, success achieved in personal combat, military operations or in any competition *

Beating (hunt) In hunting, beaters are assistants of hunters who drive game from hiding into the open or towards the shooters by making noise and other disturbance: shouting, beating the trees and bushes with sticks, using rattles/ratchtets/clappers, shooting in ...

, driving game out of areas of cover during a hunt

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

* Beat, an anthro fox in the animated series " Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori" * Beat, in the video game ''

Eternal Sonata is a role-playing video game developed by tri-Crescendo and published by Bandai Namco Games. The Xbox 360 version of the game was released in 2007 on June 14 in Japan, September 17 in North America, and October 19 in Europe. The game was also re ...

'' * Beat, in the video game ''

Jet Set Radio (originally released in North America as ''Jet Grind Radio'') is a 2000 action game developed by Smilebit and published by Sega for the Dreamcast. The player controls a member of a youth gang, the GG's, as they use inline skates to traverse ...

'' * Beat, in the video game ''

The World Ends with You ''The World Ends with You'' is an action role-playing game co-developed by Square Enix and Jupiter for the Nintendo DS. Set in the modern-day Shibuya shopping district of Tokyo, ''The World Ends with You'' features a distinctive art style and ur ...

'' * Beat, a robot bird in the ''

Mega Man ''Mega Man'' (known as in Japan) is a video game franchise developed and published by Capcom, featuring the Mega Man (character), protagonist of the same name. The Mega Man (1987 video game), original game was released for the Nintendo Enter ...

'' video game franchise

Film and TV

* ''Beat'' (1997 film), a South Korean action film * ''Beat'' (1998 film), a 1998 Japanese film * ''Beat'' (2000 film), a film about writer William Seward Burroughs * ''Beat'' (2022 film), an Australian independent film starring Alexandra Jensen *

Beat (filmmaking) In filmmaking, a beat is a small amount of action resulting in a pause in dialogue. Beats usually involve physical gestures like a character walking to a window or removing their glasses and rubbing their eyes. Short passages of internal monolog ...

, a small amount of action resulting in a pause in dialogue * ''Beat'' (TV series), a 2018 German thriller series * "Beats", a

Series B A venture round is a type of funding round used for venture capital financing, by which startup companies obtain investment, generally from venture capitalists and other institutional investors. The availability of venture funding is among the ...

episode of the television series ''QI'' (2004) * ''Beats'' (2019 British film), based on the play by Kieran Hurley * ''Beats'' (2019 American film), a coming-of-age drama

Music

Groups

Beat (band) Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "", composed by Kim Engblom, Tina Krause, and Janne Engblom, with lyrics by Stina Engblom, and performed by the band Beat. The Finnish participating broadcaster, (Yle), ...

, a Finnish band *

The Beat (British band) The Beat (known in the United States and Canada as the English Beat and in Australia as the British Beat) are an English band formed in Birmingham, England, in 1978. Their music fuses Latin, ska, Pop music, pop, Soul music, soul, reggae and p ...

The Beat (American band) The Beat (soon renamed to Paul Collins' Beat) is an American rock and power pop band from Los Angeles that formed in 1979. Paul Collins' Beat resurfaced in the 1990s and continues to tour and record new material. Front man Paul Collins has re ...

* BEAT, musical group containing multiple members from

King Crimson King Crimson were an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968 by Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald (musician), Ian McDonald and Peter Sinfield. Guitarist Fripp remained the only constant member throughout the ...

Albums and songs

* ''Beat'' (Bowery Electric album), 1996 * ''Beat'' (King Crimson album), 1982 * "Beat" (song), by Kaela Kimura, 2005 * "Beats", a song by AJR from the 2019 album ''

Neotheater ''Neotheater'' is the third studio album by American pop band AJR. It was released on April 26, 2019 by the band's label AJR Productions. The album was self-produced by the trio. It is a follow-up to the trio's 2017 album '' The Click ''(2017). ...

Music channels

Beats Music Beats Music was a subscription-based music streaming service owned by the Beats Electronics division of Apple Inc. The service combined algorithmic personalization with curated music suggestions. Development began in 2012 under the codename "D ...

, an Apple music streaming service *

MTV Beats MTV Beats was an Indian pay television channel dedicated to showing Hindi music videos 24×7 with a focus on Bollywood for an audience between the ages of 15 and 30. The channel was owned by Viacom18 under a license agreement with Paramount Ne ...

, music TV channel of India *

Beat 102 103 Beat 102 103 is an independent regional radio station in Ireland licensed by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland covering counties Waterford, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford and Tipperary in South East Ireland. It began broadcasting on 1 July 20 ...

, an Irish radio station

Other uses in music

Beat (music) In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse (regularly repeating event), of the ''mensural level'' (or ''beat level''). The beat is often defined as the rhythm listeners would tap their toes to when listening to a p ...

, the basic time in music and music theory *

Beat music Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat is a British popular music Music genre, genre that developed around Liverpool in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The genre melded influences from British rock and roll, British and Music of the United St ...

, a popular music genre *

Drum beat A drum beat or drum pattern is a rhythmic pattern, or repeated rhythm establishing the meter and groove through the pulse and subdivision, played on drum kits and other percussion instruments. As such a "beat" consists of multiple drum strokes ...

, a rhythmic pattern

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

* Beat, an intentional pause for emphasis in

comic timing Comic timing or comedic timing emerges from a performer's joke delivery: they interact with an audience— intonation, rhythm, cadence, tempo, and pausing—to guide the audience's laughter, which then guides the comedic narrative. The pacing ...

* ''Beats'' (video game), 2007 * Unit of action, or beat, in acting *

Beat Generation The Beat Generation was a literary subculture movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-World War II era. The bulk of their work was published and popularized by members o ...

Beat Magazine Beat is a free monthly tabloid-sized music, arts and culture magazine ( street press), website and social media network published and distributed in Melbourne, Australia. It's Melbourne's longest running street press, and one of the earliest ...

People

Given name

Beat (name) Beat (pronounced "Bey-ah-t") is a German language, German male given name, derived from the Latin name Beatified, Beatus, which means "blessed".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Beat" Retrieved on 10 January 2016. The name is common in German-speakin ...

, a Swiss German male given name

Surname

Jackie Beat Jackie Beat (born July 24, 1963) is the drag persona of actor, singer, songwriter and screenwriter Kent Fuher. Beat has appeared in a number of independent feature films both in and out of drag, including '' Wigstock: The Movie'', '' Flawless'', ...

, drag persona of Kent Fuher (born 1963) *

Aone Beats William Alfred, better known as Aone, is a Nigerian-born American record producer and songwriter, signed to Rick Ross' label Maybach Music Group. He became active in the music industry in 2008 and is known for his work with urban music artists suc ...

(born 1984) Nigerian record producer * Billy Beats (1871-1936) British footballer * Cohen Beats (Michael Cohen, born 1986), Israeli record producer *

Eno Beats Enoch Kisakye (born April 26, 1991), better known as Producer Eno Beats, is a Ugandan music producer. He is the Chief executive officer at Eno Beats Production Limited located in Makindye, Kampala. Eno has worked with most of Uganda's top musicia ...

(Enock Kisakye, born 1991), Ugandan record producer *

Laxio Beats Bernard Antwi-Darko, better known as Laxio Beats, is a Ghanaian record producer and composer. He is best known for the production of Ghanaian rapper Guru’s hit single akayida in 2013. Early life, music career Laxio Beats, the youngest o ...

(Bernard Antwi-Darko, born 1987), Ghanaian record producer *

Mizz Beats Mizz Beats (real name: Iman Yanee) is a record producer and DJ from London. She has collaborated with Skepta, Dizzee Rascal and Roots Manuva, D Smoke, Sir (singer), Tiffany Gouché, Terrace Martin Discography Singles and EPs * "Purple Love"/ ...

(Iman Yanee, fl. from 2004), British record producer *

Rico Beats Ricardo Lamarre, known professionally as Rico Beats, is an American record executive, record producer, and songwriter. His most notable production credits are DJ Khaled's "Take That Off", Nicki Minaj's " Roman Reloaded", Soulja Boy's " Mean Mug" ...

(Ricardo Lamarre, fl. from 2004), American record producer

Transportation

* Beat (app), a ride-hailing app * Beat, a model of the

Daiichi Kosho Whisper The Daiichi Kosho Whisper is a Japanese paramotor that was designed and produced by the Daiichi Kosho Company for powered paragliding.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page D-23. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001 ...

paramotor *

Chevrolet Beat The Chevrolet Spark () is a city car manufactured by General Motors's subsidiary GM Korea from 1998 to 2022. The vehicle was developed by Daewoo and introduced in 1998 as the Daewoo Matiz (). In 2002, General Motors purchased Daewoo Motors, which ...

, a car *

Honda Beat The Honda Beat is a kei car produced by the Japanese company Honda from May 1991 until February 1996. It is a two-seater roadster with a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout. It was the last car to be approved by Soichiro Honda, before he di ...

, a car *

Honda FC50 The Honda FC50, also known as the Honda Beat, is a scooter manufactured by Honda in 1983. It was produced mainly for the Japanese domestic market — although both new and used models were exported from Japan—making it a fairly hard-to-find ...

, or Honda Beat, a motor scooter

Other uses

* Atlanta Beat, women's pro soccer teams (2001-02; 2009-11) * Beat, a time unit of

Swatch Internet Time Swatch Internet Time (or ) is a decimal time system introduced in 1998 by the Swatch corporation as part of the marketing campaign for their line of ".beat" watches. Those without a watch could use the Internet to view the current time on the wat ...

, and a range of watches *

Beat (acoustics) In acoustics, a beat is an interference pattern between two sounds of slightly different frequencies, ''perceived'' as a periodic variation in volume whose rate is the difference of the two frequencies. With tuning instruments that can produc ...

, an interference pattern between two sounds of slightly different frequencies *

Beat (charity) Beat is the UK's leading charitable organization, charity supporting those affected by eating disorders and campaigning on their behalf. Founded in 1989 as the Eating Disorders Association, it celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2019. The charit ...

, a British charity that supports people with eating disorders * Beat (drink), a citrus-flavored soft drink *

Beat (fencing) This is a glossary of terms used in fencing. A B C D E ...

, a simple preparatory motion *

Beating against the wind Tacking or coming about is a sailing maneuver by which a sailing craft (Sailing ship, sailing vessel, Iceboat, ice boat, or Land sailing, land yacht), whose next destination is into the wind, turns its bow (ship), bow toward and through the wind ...

, a sailing manoeuvre *

Beats Electronics Beats Electronics, LLC (also known as Beats by Dr. Dre, Beats by Dre or simply Beats) is an American consumer audio products manufacturer headquartered in Culver City, California. The company was founded in 2006 by the music producer Dr. Dre and ...

, or Beats by Dr. Dre, an American producer of audio products