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5 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Beat \Beat\, noun
1. One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. The act of one that beats a person or thing; as: (a) (Newspaper Cant) The act of obtaining and publishing a piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors; also, the news itself; -- also called a {scoop} or {exclusive}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
It's a beat on the whole country. --Scribner's Mag. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] (b) (Hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively. ''Driven out in the course of a beat.'' --Encyc. of Sport. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Bears coming out of holes in the rocks at the last moment, when the beat is close to them. --Encyc. of Sport. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] (c) (Fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Exclusive \Ex*clu"sive\a. [Cf. F. exclusif.]
1. Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society.
2. Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; -- opposed to {inclusive}; as, five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Exclusive \Ex*clu"sive\, noun One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
exclusive
adjective
1: not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication" [syn: {sole(a)}]
2: excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority; "exclusive clubs"; "an exclusive restaurants and shops" [ant: {inclusive}]
3: not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective; "judging a contest with a single eye"; "a single devotion to duty"; "undivided affection"; "gained their exclusive attention" [syn: {single(a)}, {undivided}]
noun: a news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials" [syn: {scoop}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
153 Moby Thesaurus words for "exclusive": Olympian, a certain, absolute, aloof, an, any, any one, apart from, aristocratic, arrogant, article, atomic, barring, beat, budget of news, chic, chilly, choice, chosen, clannish, classy, cliquish, closed, cold, concentrated, confining, contemptuous, contumelious, cool, copy, dashing, debarring, defining, definitive, detached, disdainful, distant, either, elect, elegant, elite, ethnocentric, except for, excepting, exceptional, excluding, exclusive of, exclusory, fashionable, fixed, forbidding, frigid, frosty, haughty, high-hat, icy, ignoring, inaccessible, inadmissible, incompatible, individual, indivisible, inhibitive, inhibitory, inimical, insular, integral, interdictive, interdictory, irreducible, limitary, limitative, limited, limiting, lone, modish, monadic, monistic, narrow, news item, not counting, offish, omitting, one, only, parochial, pick, picked, piece, preclusive, preferred, prescriptive, preventive, private, privileged, prohibiting, prohibitive, prohibitory, proscriptive, remote, removed, repressive, restricted, restricting, restrictive, scoop, scornful, seclusive, segregative, select, selected, selective, separative, simple, single, singular, smart, sneering, sniffy, snobbish, snobby, snooty, snotty, sole, solid, solitary, spot news, standoff, standoffish, story, stylish, supercilious, suppressive, swank, swish, tony, toploftical, toplofty, trendy, unanalyzable, unapproachable, undistracted, undivided, uniform, unique, unitary, unshared, unswerving, whole, with-it, withdrawn, withering, xenophobic
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