in the air and another regular one keep-
ing watch over your speed.bear trapn. a hidden speed trap, one set by
a bear. (Citizens band radio.) That
whole town is a glorified bear trap. I got
caught in a bear trap.
beast 1. n. an ugly person. Who is that
beast with the big hat? That beast should
give the monkey back its face before it
bumps into something. 2. n. a crude, vio-
lent, or sexually aggressive male; an ani-
mal. That beast scares the hell out of
me. Oh, Martin, you’re such a beast! 3.
n. liquor. I feel a little overcome by the
beast. Pour me some more of that beast.
beastymod. [of a person] undesirable;
yucky. (California.) You are like, so like,
beasty! I can’t stand that gross beasty
jerk!
beat 1. mod. exhausted; worn-out. I’m
just beat! The whole family was beat af-
ter the game. 2. mod. down and out; ru-
ined. This thing is beat. I don’t want it.
Who wants a beat hat? 3. n. the area
that a worker, a police officer, reporter,
etc., is assigned to cover. That’s not on
my beat. You’ll have to talk to someone
else. Your store is on my beat, and I want
to make sure everything is okay. 4. n. [in
music] the rhythm, especially the bass.
Man, that is just the kind of beat I like.
The notes are nice, but it has no beat! 5.
mod. having to do with the Bohemian
youths of the 1950s. My brother looked
sort of beat, but I was neat as a pin. Ac-
tually, I don’t think I ever saw anybody
who I would call beat. The beat guys are
all gone now. 6. mod. broke. Man, I’m
beat. I got no copper, no bread. All we
need is another beat mouth to feed. 7. tv.
to get free from a specific criminal charge
or rap. I tried, but I couldn’t beat the
rap. I beat it twice, but there is no third
time. 8. mod. having to do with counter-
feit or bogus drugs. (Drugs.) This stuff
is beat. Ditch it! Whose ever it is, it’s
beat. 9. mod. having to do with mari-
juana after the smokable substance is ex-
hausted; cashed. This stuff is beat.
Who wants it? Who sold you this beat
dope? 10. mod. lousy; unfortunate. (Col-
legiate.) This has been a beat day.
What a beat deal you got!
beat boxn. the person who provides the
(verbal) rhythmic beat in a rap song.
What makes him sound so good is his beat
box. Let me be the beat box this time.
beater 1. n. a junky old car. I like my
old beater even if it has no bumpers. I
want an old beater that doesn’t cost more
than 800 bucks. 2. Go to beatnik.
Beat it!exclam. Get out!; Go away! Yo u
bother me. Beat it! Beat it! I’ve had it
with you.
beatnik and beater[“bitnIk and “bit#] n.
a member of the Bohemian subculture
that flourished in the 1950s. (The nik is
from Russian via Yiddish.) Those beat-
niks back in the fifties were something to
behold. This beater comes up to me and
mumbles something I can’t hear.
beat off and ball off; jack off; jag off;
jerk off; pull oneself off; toss off;
wack off; wank off; whack off; whank
off; whip off 1. in. to masturbate. (Usu-
ally objectionable.) They say if you beat
off too much, you’ll get pimples. 2. in. to
waste time; to waste one’s efforts; to do
something inefficiently. The whole lot
of them were jacking off rather than stick-
ing to business.
beat one’s brains out (to do something)
tv. to work hard at a task. I’m tired of
beating my brains out to do what you
want. THe beat out his brains to get here
on time!
beat one’s gumstv. to waste time talking
a great deal without results. I’m tired
of beating my gums about this stuff.
You’re just beating your gums. No one is
listening.
beat one’s meatGo to beat the dummy.
beats metv. [the answer is] not known to
me. (The emphasis is on me.) I don’t
know the answer. Beats me! Beats me
how those things stay in the air.
beat someone or something outtv. to
outdistance someone or some group; to
perform better than someone or some
group. We have to beat the other com-bear trap