Search and compare thousands of words and phrases in British Sign Language (BSL). The largest collection online.
How to sign: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
"Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game";
Similiar / Same: beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell
Categories: defeat, get the better of, overcome
Within this category: bat, cheat, checkmate, eliminate, get the jump, immobilize, outdo, outfight, outplay, outpoint, overpower, spread-eagle, surpass, walk over, whomp, worst
How to sign: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
"he could feel the beat of her heart";
Similiar / Same: heartbeat, pulse, pulsation
Categories: periodic event, recurrent event
Within this category: diastole, systole, throb
How to sign: be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me";
See also: puzzle over, solve, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work out, work
Similiar / Same: perplex, puzzle, mystify, baffle, bewilder, flummox, nonplus, dumbfound, stupefy, amaze, gravel, vex, pose, stick, get
Categories: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw
