Beat, beats, or beating may refer to:

Common uses

* Assault, inflicting physical harm or unwanted physical contact * Battery (crime), a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact * Battery (tort), a civil wrong in common law of intentional harmful or offensive contact * Corporal punishment, punishment intended to cause physical pain * Patrol, or beat, a group of personnel assigned to monitor a specific area ** Beat (police), the territory that a police officer patrols ** Gay beat, an area frequented by gay men * Strike (attack), repeatedly and violently striking a person or object * Victory, success achieved in personal combat, military operations or in any competition *Beating (hunt), driving game out of areas of cover during a hunt

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

* Beat, an anthro fox in the animated series "List of Kaiketsu Zorori episodes#Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori, Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori" * Beat, in the video game ''Eternal Sonata'' * Beat, in the video game ''Jet Set Radio'' * Beat, in the video game ''The World Ends with You'' * Beat, a robot bird in the ''Mega Man'' video game franchise

Film and TV

* Beat (1997 film), ''Beat'' (1997 film), a South Korean action film * Beat (1998 film), ''Beat'' (1998 film), a 1998 Japanese film * Beat (2000 film), ''Beat'' (2000 film), a film about writer William Seward Burroughs * Beat (2022 film), ''Beat'' (2022 film), an Australian independent film starring Alexandra Jensen * Beat (filmmaking), a small amount of action resulting in a pause in dialogue * Beat (TV series), ''Beat'' (TV series), a 2018 German thriller series * "Beats", a QI (series B), Series B episode of the television series ''QI'' (2004) * Beats (2019 British film), ''Beats'' (2019 British film), based on the play by Kieran Hurley * Beats (2019 American film), ''Beats'' (2019 American film), a coming-of-age drama

Music

Groups

* Beat (band), a Finnish band * The Beat (British band) * The Beat (American band) * BEAT, musical group containing multiple members from King Crimson

Albums and songs

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

Music channels

* Beats Music, an Apple music streaming service * MTV Beats, music TV channel of India * Beat 102 103, an Irish radio station

Other uses in music

* Beat (music), the basic time in music and music theory * Beat music, a popular music genre * Drum beat, a rhythmic pattern

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

* Beat, an intentional pause for emphasis in comic timing * Beats (video game), ''Beats'' (video game), 2007 * Unit of action, or beat, in acting * Beat Generation * Beat Magazine

People

Given name

* Beat (name), a Swiss German male given name

Surname

* Jackie Beat, drag persona of Kent Fuher (born 1963) * Aone Beats (born 1984) Nigerian record producer * Billy Beats (1871-1936) British footballer * Cohen Beats (Michael Cohen, born 1986), Israeli record producer * Eno Beats (Enock Kisakye, born 1991), Ugandan record producer * Laxio Beats (Bernard Antwi-Darko, born 1987), Ghanaian record producer * Mizz Beats (Iman Yanee, fl. from 2004), British record producer * Rico Beats (Ricardo Lamarre, fl. from 2004), American record producer

Transportation

* Beat (app), a ride-hailing app * Beat, a model of the Daiichi Kosho Whisper paramotor * Chevrolet Beat, a car * Honda Beat, a car * Honda FC50, 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, and a range of watches * Beat (acoustics), an interference pattern between two sounds of slightly different frequencies * Beat (charity), a British charity that supports people with eating disorders * Beat (drink), a citrus-flavored soft drink * Beat (fencing), a simple preparatory motion * Beating against the wind, a sailing manoeuvre * Beats Electronics, or Beats by Dr. Dre, an American producer of audio products