BEATS

noun

1. A stroke; a blow.
2. A pulsation or throb.
3. A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.

verb

1. To hit; strike
2. To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
3. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.

noun

1. A beatnik.