I always took "beat" to mean a temporal unit that defines a discrete chunk of time. I just saw pitch perfect, and there was a line 'It was a sick beat', which was translated as 'It's really good'. Sinus rhythm refers to the rhythm of your heart beat, determined by the sinus node of your heart. Then, the next line was 'Yeah, I've always thought her beats are pretty sick', which was translated as 'Yeah, I've always thought her music is really good'. What are sick beats? When either you or your opponent goes all-in (shoves) you show down, and when you are statistically a favorite (usually heavily) to win a hand, the flop , turn, or river (any subsequent cards after the show) give the opponent the unlikely win. In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse (regularly repeating event), of the mensural level (or beat level). sick beat Occurs when playing poker . The beat is often defined as the rhythm listeners would tap their toes to when listening to a piece of music, or the numbers a musician counts while performing, though in practice this may be technically incorrect (often the first multiple level). Every time I ask for an explanation of what "beats" means, I get a lot of hand waving and no satisfactory answer. I keep hearing others referring to "sick beats", or something similar, when describing certain music tracks. sick beat unknown Occurs when playing poker . a stick with which to beat someone BRITISH COMMON If someone uses something as a stick to beat someone with or a stick with which to beat someone, they use it to punish them or cause embarrassment or difficulty for them.

When either you or your opponent goes all-in (shoves) you show down, and when you are statistically a favorite (usually heavily) to win a hand, the flop , turn, or river (any subsequent cards after the show) give the opponent the unlikely win.