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beat^*2 [bi:t]

1. prehodni glagol
tolči; udariti, udarjati; biti; utrti, utirati; premagati, prekositi, prekašati; (o)slepariti; obleteti; zbegati

2. neprehodni glagol
biti, utripati; mlatiti; trkati; taktirati; prebijati se
navtika lavirati

to beat black and blue do mrtvega pretepsti
to beat the air zaman se truditi, prazno slamo mlatiti
to beat the breast trkati se po prsih, obžalovati
that beats all (the devil) to je višek
that beats the band (ali the Dutch) to je neverjetno
to beat the bounds zakoličiti mejo
dead beat na smrt utrujen, onemogel
to beat one's head (ali brains) beliti si glavo
to beat hollow (to smithereens, sticks, nothing, all to pieces, to ribands ) dodobra premagati
beat it! poberi se!
to beat a proof narediti krtačni odtis
to beat a retreat umakniti se
to beat into shape izoblikovati
to beat time voditi, dirigirati, taktirati
ameriško, sleng can you beat it? to je nezaslišano, kakšna predrznost!
ameriško, sleng to beat it zbežati, popihati jo
that beats me tega ne razumem
to beat a wood pretakniti gozd
sleng that beats everything zdaj je pa že dovolj
to beat the wings plahutati

knock² [nɔk]

1. prehodni glagol
udariti, suniti; tolči, trkati, potrkati (at, on na, po)
pogovorno osupniti, zaprepastiti, sapo vzeti
ameriško, sleng ostro kritizirati, zmesti

2. neprehodni glagol
tolči, razbijati, trkati; trčiti, udariti (against, into ob, v)
ropotati (motor)
ameriško, pogovorno godrnjati

to knock the bottom out of dokazati neresničnost, izpodbiti kaj
to knock cold udariti do nezavesti
to knock at an open door po nepotrebnem se truditi
to knock on the head ubiti, udariti do nezavesti; figurativno zadati udarec, onemogočiti kaj
to knock one's head against (a brick wall) udariti z glavo ob zid; figurativno riniti z glavo skozi zid
to knock s.th. into s.o.; ali to knock s.th. into s.o.'s head vtepsti komu kaj v glavo
to knock all of a heap presenetiti, osupniti
to knock into a cocked hat uničiti, izmaličiti; zaprepastiti, potolči (nasprotnika)
to knock home dobro zabiti; figurativno vtepsti komu kaj v glavo
to knock to pieces razbiti na koščke
to knock into shape navaditi na red
to knock s.o. into the middle of next week udariti koga, da odleti; ven vreči, nagnati
to knock sideways vreči iz tira
sleng what knocks me kar mi ne gre v glavo

pat² [pæt]

1. prehodni glagol
trepljati; tleskati, tleskniti; trkati

2. neprehodni glagol
ploskati, trkati (on na)

to pat on the back pohvaliti, potrepljati po hrbtu

rap² [ræp] prehodni glagol
udarjati, krcati (po čem); ozmerjati, opsovati, grajati, ukoriti koga
neprehodni glagol
udarjati, trkati (at na, on po)
spiritizirati

spirit-rapping spiritiziranje
to rap s.o.'s fingers udariti koga po prstih, figurativno komu jih po prstih dati
to rap at the door udariti s tolkačem na vrata, potrkati na vrata
she rapped his fingers (knuckles) dala mu jih je po prstih
to rap the table trkati, udarjati po mizi
to rap out prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol izreči, izustiti, blekniti (kletvico ipd.); preklinjati, kleti, zmerjati, psovati; (spiritizem) poslati sporočila s trkanjem, z udarci
to rap out an oath naglo izustiti, bruhniti iz sebe kletvico

tap⁴ [tæp] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
rahlo udariti, dotakniti se, dregniti, krcniti, potrepljati, (po)trkati (at na)
pretrkati
ameriško zakrpati (čevlje), popraviti z zaplato

to tap at the door potrkati na vrata
to tap s.o.'s fingers krcniti koga po prstih
to tap one's foot udariti z nogo (ob tla)
to tap s.o. upon (ali on) the shoulder potrepljati koga po rami