beat time

English

Verb

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

1. (music) To measure or regulate time in music by the motion of the hand or foot.

Translations

to measure or regulate time

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: lyödä tahtia
• French: battre la mesure (fr)
• Polish: wybijać rytm impf, wybić rytm pf
• Russian: отбивать такт (otbivatʹ takt), отбивать ритм (otbivatʹ ritm)