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Definition of bad beat
bad beat
noun
- a disappointing event. Can be used in condolences.
That was a bad beat.
- See more words with the same meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate.
Last edited on Jun 05 2002. Submitted by t8kthdog from USA on Jun 05 2002.
- in poker, the loss of a good hand to a lucky hand.
I had three of kind, but took a bad beat when the last card came and he made his inside straight.
- See more words with the same meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate.
- See more words with the same meaning: games (related to).
Last edited on May 01 2004. Submitted by Robert B. from St Louis, MO, USA on May 01 2004.
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| Definitions include: broken or functioning poorly or improperly; "messed up". | |
| Definitions include: a mistake. | |
| Definitions include: serious trouble. | |
| Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below. | |
| Definitions include: See bullshit. | |
| Definitions include: a mean person; "jerk"; "asshole". | |
| Definitions include: See my bad. | |
| Definitions include: "situation". | |
| Definitions include: censored version of "bullshit". | |
| Definitions include: in agreement. | |
| Definitions include: To accidentally press an adjacent button, e.g. while typing on a keyboard or entering a phone number. | |
| Definitions include: a breast. | |
| Definitions include: buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: In reverse or totally incorrect | |
| Definitions include: to botch. | |
Other terms relating to 'games (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "face the wall." | |
| Definitions include: a women with a larger than average butt, but still firm and fit. | |
| Definitions include: 1: a general insult, especially in competitive games. | |
| Definitions include: someone who is new to a particular group, activity, game, field of study, etc. | |
| Definitions include: to get the last card in Texas Hold'em. | |
| Definitions include: abbreviated form of "shoot 'em up". | |
| Definitions include: aggravation. | |
| Definitions include: someone who is new to a particular group, activity, game, field of study, etc. | |
| Definitions include: "ridiculous". | |
| Definitions include: a coward. | |
| Definitions include: a videogame that requires mashing buttons to play, rather than finesse. | |
| Definitions include: a competition employed to determine the ownership of an object when ownership is in dispute. | |
| Definitions include: a person who has not had their first kiss or has never French kissed. | |
| Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse. | |
| Definitions include: in a betting situation, the option most likely to win. | |
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Other terms relating to 'bad': | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "bad-ass." | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent. | |
| Definitions include: a tough person or rebel. | |
| Definitions include: a very attractive, cool, all-around good girlfriend-type. Positive. | |
| Definitions include: ongoing animosity. | |
| Definitions include: generic term for a specific object; "thing". | |
| Definitions include: a person in a position of authority who is strict or mean. | |
| Definitions include: a bad person. | |
| Definitions include: a criminal. | |
| Definitions include: a day during which one can't make one's hair look good. | |
| Definitions include: an action that is likely to be harmful in a "karmic" way. | |
| Definitions include: an evil young woman with conspicuous sex appeal. | |
| Definitions include: vulva ("vagina"). | |
| Definitions include: to say bad things about another person. | |
| Definitions include: a bad person. | |
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Other terms relating to 'beat': | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "Biggest Beating Ever," which can refer to "beating" as in a severe physical attack, or a severe defeat e.g. in a competitive sport. | |
| Definitions include: lacking excitement or people; "boring". | |
| Definitions include: to bring up a subject that was resolved (or should have been resolved) long ago. | |
| Definitions include: to be vastly superior. | |
| Definitions include: to delay in getting to the point. | |
| Definitions include: to engage in doggy-style sex. | |
| Definitions include: to leave quickly; "haul ass". | |
| Definitions include: a fight or severe beating. | |
| Definitions include: unattractive or undesirable. | |
| Definitions include: to hurry, hustle, esp. when departing. | |
| Definitions include: to physically beat someone causing extensive injury. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate. | |
| Definitions include: (masculine) to have sexual intercourse | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate. | |
| Definitions include: to beat a person. | |
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