| means | (verb) hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy"
wallop, wham, whop, whack |
| means | (verb) strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"
bat |
| means | (verb) strike with a swiping motion
swipe |
| means | (verb) hit hard
whop, bop, bonk, sock, bash, whap |
| means | (verb) inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
smite |
| means | (verb) strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him"
buff, buffet |
| means | (verb) deliver a blow to; "He belted his opponent"
belt |
| means | (verb) damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"
bang up, smash up, smash |
| means | (verb) strike violently; "slam the ball"
bang, slam |
| means | (verb) deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
hit |
| means | (verb) strike with a club or a bludgeon
club, bludgeon |
| means | (verb) deliver a quick blow to; "he punched me in the stomach"
plug, punch |
| means | (verb) strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out"
slug, swig, slog |
| means | (verb) deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved"
smack, thwack |
| means | (verb) hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"
boom, blast, nail, smash |
| means | (verb) hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
thump, poke, pound |
| means | (verb) overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us"
overcome, have the best, get the best |
| means | (verb) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
thrash, cream, drub, clobber, lick, bat |
| means | (verb) give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
work over, beat, beat up |
| means | (verb) defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
worst, rack up, pip, mop up, whip |
| means | (verb) strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
batter, clobber, baste |
| means | (verb) get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"
best, trump, outdo, scoop, outflank |
| means | (verb) get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"
get over, overcome, subdue, master, surmount |
| means | (verb) 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"
crush, vanquish, beat out, trounce, shell, beat |
| means | (verb) hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"
slap |
| means | (verb) hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
beat |
| means | (verb) beat with a cane
cane, lambast, flog, lambaste |
| means | (verb) deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead"
strike |
| means | (verb) deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"
strike hard, knock |
| means | (verb) be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm"
moil, churn, boil, roil |
| means | (verb) strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent"
batter, knock about, buffet |
| means | (verb) strike hard, especially with the fist; "He clouted his attacker"
clout |
| means | (verb) make a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's body
strike out |
| means | (verb) emit a sound; "bells and gongs chimed"
chime |
| means | (verb) stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"
scramble, beat |
| means | (verb) win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
overcome, get the better of, defeat |
| means | (verb) strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically"
beat |
| means | (verb) move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
pulsate, quiver, beat |
| means | (verb) beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated"
palpitate, flutter |
| means | (verb) expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
throb, pulsate, pulse |
| means | (verb) take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"
take, bring, convey |
| means | (verb) strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face"
lash, whip |
| means | (verb) move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
flap, undulate, roll, wave |
| means | (verb) move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
flap, beat |
| means | (verb) drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
hit, strike |
| means | (verb) move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind"
flap |
| means | (verb) cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"
hit |
| means | (verb) beat out a rhythm
tap out, thump out, beat out |
| means | (verb) move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
pound, beat, thump |
| means | (verb) beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
lather, slash, lash, whip, trounce, welt, strap, flog |