beat time

verb

To measure or regulate time in music by the motion of the hand or foot.

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Meanings

verbbeat time (third-person singular simple present beats time, present participle beating time, simple past beat time, past participle beaten time or beat time)

present singular third person beats time · participle present beating time · participle past beaten time

  1. entertainmentTo measure or regulate time in music by the motion of the hand or foot.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 打拍子
  • 打拍子to measure or regulate time
Finnish lyödä tahtia
  • lyödä tahtiato measure or regulate time
French battre la mesure
  • battre la mesureto measure or regulate time
Polish wybijać rytm, wybić rytm
  • wybijać rytmto measure or regulate time
  • wybić rytmto measure or regulate time
Russian отбивать такт, отбивать ритм
  • отбивать такт (otbivatʹ takt)to measure or regulate time
  • отбивать ритм (otbivatʹ ritm)to measure or regulate time
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APA

beat time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beat%20time

MLA

“beat time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beat%20time. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beat time,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beat%20time.

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