Beat, beats or beating may refer to:

Common uses

Patrol A patrol is commonly a group of personnel, such as law enforcement officers, military personnel, or security personnel, that are assigned to monitor or secure a specific geographic area. Etymology From French ''patrouiller'', from Old Fren ...

, or beat, a group of personnel assigned to monitor a specific area **

Beat (police) In police terminology, a beat is the territory that a police officer is assigned to patrol. Beats are used to effectively divide available officers across a law enforcement agency's jurisdiction, ensuring organized police presence across a wide ...

, the territory that a police officer patrols **

Gay beat In Australia, the term beat is used to refer to an area frequented by gay men, where sexual acts occur. This use of the word parodies the beat walked by a police officer or a prostitute. Most commonly, public toilets, parks, and nightclubs are use ...

, an area frequented by gay men *

Battery (crime) Battery is a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact, distinct from assault which is the act of creating apprehension of such contact. Battery is a specific common law offense, although the term is used more generally to refer to ...

, a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact *

Assault An assault is the act of committing physical harm or unwanted physical contact upon a person or, in some specific legal definitions, a threat or attempt to commit such an action. It is both a crime and a tort and, therefore, may result in cr ...

, inflicting physical harm or unwanted physical contact * Corporal punishment, punishment intended to cause physical pain *

Strike (attack) A strike is a directed physical attack with either a part of the human body or with an inanimate object (such as a weapon) intended to cause blunt trauma or penetrating trauma upon an opponent. There are many different varieties of strikes. ...

, repeatedly and violently striking a person or object *

Victory The term victory (from Latin ''victoria'') originally applied to warfare, and denotes success achieved in personal combat, after military operations in general or, by extension, in any competition. Success in a military campaign constitutes ...

, success achieved in personal combat, military operations or in any competition

People

* Beat (name), a German male given name *

Jackie Beat Jackie Beat (born July 24, 1963) is the drag persona of actor, singer, songwriter and screenwriter Kent Fuher. Beat has appeared in a number of independent feature films both in and out of drag, including '' Wigstock: The Movie'', '' Flawless'', ...

, drag persona of Kent Fuher (born 1963) * Aone Beats (born 1984) Nigerian record producer *

Billy Beats William Edwin Beats (13 November 1871 – 6 April 1936) was an England international footballer. A centre-forward, he scored 150 goals in 403 league games in 16 years from 1891 to 1907. He began his career with Burslem Port Vale in 1891, and ...

(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 Mizz Beats (real name: Iman Yanee) is a record producer and DJ from London. She has collaborated with Skepta, Dizzee Rascal and Roots Manuva, D Smoke, Sir (singer), Tiffany Gouché, Terrace Martin Discography Singles and EPs * "Purple Love"/ ...

(Iman Yanee, fl. from 2004), British record producer *

Rico Beats Ricardo Lamarre, known professionally as Rico Beats, is an American record executive, record producer, and songwriter. His most notable production credits are DJ Khaled's "Take That Off", Nicki Minaj's " Roman Reloaded", Soulja Boy's " Mean Mug" ...

(Ricardo Lamarre, fl. from 2004), American record producer

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

* Beat, in video game ''

Eternal Sonata is a role-playing video game developed by tri-Crescendo and published by Bandai Namco Games. The Xbox 360 version of the game was released on June 14, 2007 in Japan, September 17, 2007 in North America, and October 19, 2007 in Europe. The game w ...

'' * Beat, in the game ''

Jet Set Radio (originally released in North America as ''Jet Grind Radio'') is a 2000 action game developed by Smilebit and published by Sega for the Dreamcast. The player controls a member of a youth gang, the GGs, as they use inline skates to traverse Tok ...

'' * Beat, in the game ''

The World Ends with You ''The World Ends with You'' is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and Jupiter and published by Square Enix for the Nintendo DS. Set in the modern-day Shibuya shopping district of Tokyo, the game uses urban fantasy elements insp ...

'' * Beat, a robot bird in the ''

Mega Man ''Mega Man'', known as in Japan, is a Japanese science fiction video game franchise created by Capcom, starring a series of robot characters each known by the moniker "Mega Man (character), Mega Man". Mega Man (video game), The original game w ...

'' series

Film

* ''Beat'' (1997 film), a South Korean action film * ''Beat'' (1998 film), a 1998 Japanese film * ''Beat'' (2000 film), a film about writer William Seward Burroughs * ''Beat'' (TV series), a 2018 German thriller series * ''Beats'' (2019 British film), based on the play by Kieran Hurley * ''Beats'' (2019 American film), a coming-of-age drama *

Beat (filmmaking) In filmmaking, a beat is a small amount of action resulting in a pause in dialogue. Beats usually involve physical gestures like a character walking to a window or removing their glasses and rubbing their eyes. Short passages of internal monologu ...

, a small amount of action resulting in a pause in dialogue

Music

Groups

Beat (band) Beat were a Finnish band who represented their country in Eurovision Song Contest 1990. The group performed the song Fri? (Free?) in Swedish and finished 21st out of 22 countries, scoring 8 points. The group was composed of members Janne En ...

, a Finnish band *

The Beat (British band) The Beat (known in the United States and Canada as the English Beat and in Australia as the British Beat) are a British band formed in Birmingham, England, in 1978. Their music fuses Latin, ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock. The Beat, ...

The Beat (American band) The Beat (soon renamed to Paul Collins' Beat) is an American rock and power pop band from Los Angeles that formed in 1979. Paul Collins' Beat resurfaced in the 1990s and continues to tour and record new material. Front man Paul Collins has rel ...

Albums and songs

* ''Beat'' (Bowery Electric album), 1996 * ''Beat'' (King Crimson album), 1982 * "Beat" (song), by Kaela Kimura, 2005 * "Beats", a song by AJR from the 2019 album '' Neotheater''

Music channels

Beats Music Beats Music was a subscription-based online music streaming service owned by the Beats Electronics division of Apple Inc. The service combined algorithm-based personalization with expert music suggestions from a variety of sources. Developmen ...

, an Apple music streaming service *

MTV Beats MTV India is an Indian pay television channel specialising in music, reality and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 as the Indian version of MTV and is owned by Viacom 18, a joint venture operation between MTV International ow ...

, music TV channel of India *

Beat 102 103 Beat 102 103 is an independent regional radio station in the Republic of Ireland licensed by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland covering counties Waterford, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford and Tipperary in South East Ireland. It began broadcas ...

, an Irish radio station

Other uses in music

Beat (music) In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse (regularly repeating event), of the ''mensural level'' (or ''beat level''). The beat is often defined as the rhythm listeners would tap their toes to when listening to a ...

, the basic time in music and music theory *

Beat music Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat is a British popular music genre that developed, particularly in and around Liverpool, in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The genre melded influences from American rock and roll, rhythm and blues, skiffl ...

, 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 Comic timing emerges from a performer's joke delivery: they interact with an audience— intonation, rhythm, cadence, tempo, and pausing—to guide the audience's laughter, which then guides the comedic narrative. The pacing of the delivery of ...

* ''Beats'' (video game), 2007 * Unit of action, or beat, in acting

Transportation

Beat (app) Beat operates a taxi and ride-hailing mobile app for smartphones and other mobile devices. Beat's headquarters are located in Athens, Greece. About 90 percent of the company’s ride-booking activity is in Latin America, where more than 250,000 d ...

, a ride-hailing app * Beat, a model of the

Daiichi Kosho Whisper The Daiichi Kosho Whisper is a Japanese paramotor that was designed and produced by the Daiichi Kosho Company for powered paragliding.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page D-23. Cybair Limited Publishing, 20 ...

paramotor *

Chevrolet Beat The Chevrolet Spark ( ko, 쉐보레 스파크, translit=) is a city car manufactured by General Motors's subsidiary GM Korea from 1998 to 2022. The vehicle was initially developed by Daewoo and was introduced in 1998 as the Daewoo Matiz ( ko, 대� ...

, a car *

Honda Beat The Honda Beat is a rear wheel drive, mid-engined two-seat roadster kei car produced from May 1991 until February 1996. The Beat was the last car to be approved by Soichiro Honda before he died in 1991. The total number of cars produced was aro ...

, a car *

Honda FC50 The Honda FC50, also known as the Honda Beat, is a scooter manufactured by Honda in 1983. It was produced mainly for the Japanese domestic market — although both new and used models were exported from Japan—making it a fairly hard-to-find ...

, or Honda Beat, a motor scooter

Other uses

Beat (acoustics) In acoustics, a beat is an interference pattern between two sounds of slightly different frequencies, ''perceived'' as a periodic variation in volume whose rate is the difference of the two frequencies. With tuning instruments that can produce ...

, an interference pattern between two sounds of slightly different frequencies *

Beat (charity) Beat is the UK's leading charitable organization, charity supporting those affected by eating disorders and campaigning on their behalf. Founded in 1989 as the Eating Disorders Association, it celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2019. The charit ...

, a British charity that supports people with eating disorders *

Beat (drink) BEAT is a citrus-flavored soft drink by The Coca-Cola Company released in Mexico in 2002. It was a Mexican version of citrus soft drinks like Mello Yello or Surge and a response to the release in Mexico of Mountain Dew by PepsiCo. Beat was disco ...

, a citrus-flavored soft drink *

Beat (fencing) This is a glossary of terms used in fencing. A B C D E ...

, a simple preparatory motion *

Beats Electronics Beats Electronics LLC (also known as Beats by Dr. Dre, or simply Beats by Dre) is an American consumer audio products manufacturer headquartered in Culver City, California. The company was founded by music producer Dr. Dre and record company exec ...

, or Beats by Dr. Dre, an American producer of audio products * Beat, a time unit of

Swatch Internet Time Swatch Internet Time (or ) is a decimal time concept introduced in 1998 by the Swatch corporation as part of their marketing campaign for their line of "Beat" watches. Instead of hours and minutes, the mean solar day is divided into 1,000 parts ...

, and a range of watches * Beating against the wind, a sailing manoeuvre