'beat about' definitions:
Definition of 'beat about'
(from WordNet)
verb
Search anxiously [syn: cast about, beat about, cast around]
Synonyms of 'beat about'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about ship,
- agonize over,
- angle for,
- ask for,
- back and fill,
- be at sea,
- be hard put,
- be uncertain,
- bear away,
- bear off,
- bear to starboard,
- beat,
- beat about for,
- box off,
- break,
- bring about,
- bring round,
- cant,
- cant round,
- cast,
- cast about,
- change course,
- change the heading,
- come about,
- delve for,
- dig for,
- double a point,
- doubt,
- feel around,
- feel for,
- feel unsure,
- fetch about,
- fish for,
- flounder,
- follow,
- fumble,
- go about,
- go gunning for,
- grabble,
- grope,
- grope for,
- gun for,
- gybe,
- have trouble,
- heave round,
- hunt,
- hunt for,
- hunt up,
- jibe,
- jibe all standing,
- labor under difficulties,
- look,
- look for,
- look up,
- miss stays,
- ply,
- poke around,
- prowl after,
- pry around,
- pursue,
- put about,
- put back,
- puzzle over,
- quest,
- question,
- round a point,
- scrabble,
- search for,
- see to,
- seek,
- seek for,
- sheer,
- shift,
- slew,
- still-hunt,
- struggle,
- swerve,
- swing round,
- swing the stern,
- tack,
- thrash about,
- throw about,
- try to find,
- turn,
- turn back,
- veer,
- walk on eggshells,
- wear,
- wear ship,
- wind,
- wonder,
- wonder whether,
- yaw
Words containing 'beat about'
- Beat,
- Beating,
- To beat about,
- To beat down,
- To beat into,
- To beat off,
- To beat out,
- To beat out of,
- To beat up,
- To beat up and down,
- beat down,
- beat in,
- beat it,
- beat off,
- beat out,
- beat up,
- beats,
- A beating wind,
- Beat of a clock,
- Beat of a watch,
- Beat of drum,
- To beat a parley,
- To beat about the bush,
- To beat the dust,
- To beat the hoof,
- To beat the rap,
- To beat the record,
- To beat the wing,
- To beat time,
- To beat to a mummy,
- To beat up for recruits,
- To-beat,
- beat a retreat,
- beat back,
- beat generation,
- beat the drum,
- beat-up,
- dead beat,
- Dry-beat,
- Gold-beating,
- Storm-beat,
- beat around the bush,
- beats per minute,
- Double-beat valve,
- beating-reed instrument,
- battered beat-up beaten-up bedraggled broken-down dilapidated ramshackle tumble-down unsound