beat

Naija

Etymology

From: English beat

Pronunciation

• bɪ̂t

Play Play

Verb

• Make person dey nack anoder person or animal with someting to wound or kill di person or animal.

• You too dey beat dis boy.  — (NSC_2021, You beat this boy a lot.)
• Papa say e go beat us if we no wash di cloth.  — (NSC_2021, Father said he will beat us if we do not wash our clothes.)

Antonym

• play

Translation

• English: beat