beat

1. mod. exhausted; worn-out.

□ I’m just beat!

□ The whole family was beat after the game.

2. mod. down and out; ruined.

□ This thing is beat. I don’t want it.

□ Who wants a beat hat?

3. n. the area that a worker, a police officer, reporter, etc., is assigned to cover.

□ That’s not on my beat. You’ll have to talk to someone else.

□ Your store is on my beat, and I want to make sure everything is okay.

4. n. [in music] the rhythm, especially the bass.

□ Man, that is just the kind of beat I like.

□ The notes are nice, but it has no beat!

5. mod. having to do with the Bohemian youths of the 1950s.

□ My brother looked sort of beat, but I was neat as a pin.

□ Actually, I don’t think I ever saw anybody who I would call beat.

□ The beat guys are all gone now.

6. mod. broke.

□ Man, I’m beat. I got no copper, no bread.

□ All we need is another beat mouth to feed.

7. tv. to get free from a specific criminal charge or rap.

□ I tried, but I couldn’t beat the rap. D I beat it twice, but there is no third time.

8. mod. having to do with counterfeit or bogus drugs. (Drugs.)

□ This stuff is beat. Ditch it!

□ Whose ever it is, it’s beat.

9. mod. having to do with marijuana after the smokable substance is exhausted; cashed.

□ This stuff is beat. Who wants it?

□ Who sold you this beat dope? 1

0. mod. lousy; unfortunate. (Col- egiate.)

□ This has been a beat day.

□ What a beat deal you got!