Definition of beat around:
(v) :
(transitive, informal) To discuss.
(v) :
(intransitive, informal) To waste time; to idle or loaf.
(v) :
(intransitive, informal) To flit quickly from place to place.
(v) :
(intransitive, baseball) To have each of a team's batting line-up positions complete an at-bat in the same half-inning.
(v) :
To have a team's first batter of the inning come to bat for a second time (after all of the others in the batting line-up have batted). (See the usage note below.)