beat
verb (used with object)
to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
overbeat
-
a word derived from
beat.
Example Sentences
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In the same realm as overworking the cookie dough, Greenspan says that home bakers tend to overbeat the butter and sugar.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2021
Continue beating until the whites form stiff peaks, but be careful not to overbeat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2014
Once, in the picture's first episode, the overbeat stops.
From Time Magazine Archive
The overbeat is a woman's heart in childbirth, strained to capacity by labor.
From Time Magazine Archive
She listened for Siegmund's soul, but his heart overbeat all other sound, thudding powerfully.
From The Trespasser by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
