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'''Beat''', '''beats''', or '''beating''' may refer to:
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== 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 (character) redirects here-->
* 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 (film)]] redirects here.-->
* [[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<!--[[Beating (music)]] redirects directly here.--> ===
==== 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 (album)]] redirects directly here.-->
* [[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

== See also ==
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* [[The Beat (disambiguation)]]
* [[Back Beat (disambiguation)]]
* [[Beat It (disambiguation)]]
* [[Beet (disambiguation)]]
* [[Big beat (disambiguation)]]
* [[Downbeat (disambiguation)]]
* [[On the Beat (disambiguation)]]
* [[Upbeat (disambiguation)]]
* [[Beat Generation]], a literary movement
* [[Beat reporting]], a genre of journalism
* [[Beat 'em up]], a video game genre
* [[Beate]], a given name
* [[Beats International]], a British dance music band and hip-hop collective
* [[Beetroot]], or beet, or beets, a vegetable
* "[[Dr. Beat]]", a  1984 single by Miami Sound Machine
* [[New beat]], Belgian underground music genre
* [[Saint-Béat]], a place in Haute-Garonne, France

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