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dry beat

dry beat verb: to beat; to clobber; to thrash.

Verb

dry beat (third-person singular simple present dry beats, present participle dry beating, simple past dry beat, past participle dry beaten)

  1. (archaic) To beat; to clobber; to thrash.
    • Good King of Cats, nothing but one of your nine / liues, that I meane to make bold withall, and as you shall / vse me hereafter dry beate the rest of the eight.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • I will drie-beate you with an yron wit, / And put vp my yron Dagger.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of dry beat

third-person singular presentdry beats
present participledry beating
pastdry beat
past participledry beaten

Questions about dry beat

What does dry beat mean?
Dry beat means to beat; to clobber; to thrash.
What part of speech is dry beat?
Dry beat is a verb.
What is the past tense of dry beat?
The past tense of dry beat is dry beat.

Words near dry beat in the dictionary

  1. dry bars
  2. dry bay
  3. dry bays
  4. dry bean
  5. dry beans
  6. dry beat
  7. dry beaten
  8. dry beating
  9. dry beats
  10. dry behind the ears
  11. dry beriberi

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