beating
/ˈbiːtɪŋ/
beating noun: the action by which someone or something is beaten. Also the present participle and gerund of beat.
Noun
beating (countable and uncountable, plural beatings)
- The action by which someone or something is beaten.
- the beating of a drum
- secret beatings of prisoners
- A heavy defeat or setback.
- To increase United's pain, this was their first home defeat in any competition since April 2010, when they lost to Chelsea - but even that defeat, which effectively cost them the title, may not turn out to have the same long-term significance as this heavy beating.2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2012
- The pulsation of the heart.
Also used as
beating is also the present participle and gerund of beat.
beating meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Odia and Arabic
beating in Tamil
- action of the verb to beat
- அடி aṭi
beating in Telugu
- action of the verb to beat
- కొట్టుట koṭṭuṭa
beating in Odia
- ମାରପିଟ
beating in Arabic
- action of the verb to beat
- ضَرْب ḍarb
More languagesFewer languages
- beating in Malay
- paluan, pukulan, debar
- beating in Indonesian
- tabuhan, pukulan
Examples of beating in a sentence
- […] to support or agree with the persecutions, beatings, dehumanizings, insults, murders, genocides, and oppressions of a perpetrator's target […]2008, M. W. Sphero, Religion: The Defamer of God, page 210:
- “It was one of the most severe beatings they’ve seen on tape,” an FDNY insider said, recalling the reaction by brass who viewed video of the bloody fisticuffs.2018 August 18, Susan Edelman, New York Post:
- Lion is taking a savage beating as the two flagships trade body blows almost independent of the furious carronade going on behind them.2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 14:13 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original...
- Human rights organisations say many experience imprisonment and beatings along the way.2023 August 21, Paul Adams, “Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards - report”, in BBC, archived from the original on 03 Feb...
Synonyms of beating
23 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of beating
| plural | beatings |
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Origin of beating
By surface analysis, beat + -ing.
Words formed from beating
Phrases with beating
- beating it
- beating on
- beating to
- beating up
- beating all
- beating off
- beating out
- dry beating
- beating back
- beating down
- beating feet
- beating into
65 more phrasesFewer phrases
- beating time
- gold beating
- beating about
- beating up on
- beating as one
- beating hearts
- beating the air
- beating the bat
- beating Banaghan
- beating the cock
- beating the drum
- beating the dust
- beating the hoof
- beating the meat
- beating the odds
- beating the wing
- beating into fits
- beating one's ass
- beating the clock
- beating the crowd
- beating the dummy
- beating to a pulp
- took some beating
- beating into shape
- beating one's face
- beating one's meat
- beating the bishop
- beating the bounds
- beating the bushes
- beating the system
- taken some beating
- takes some beating
- beating one's brain
- beating one's chest
- taking some beating
- beating one's breast
- beating the drum for
- beating to the punch
- beating someone's ass
- beating the pants off
- beating about the bush
- beating someone's arse
- beating someone's time
- beating the tar out of
- beating a hasty retreat
- beating around the bush
- beating the poop out of
- beating the shit out of
- beating off with a stick
- beating one's brains out
- devil's beating his wife
- be still my beating heart
- beating into a cocked hat
- beating like a jungle drum
- beating the stuffing out of
- beating with the ugly stick
- beating someone's brains out
- beating the daylights out of
- beating someone round the ears
- beating someone at their own game
- beating one's swords into plowshares
- beating one's swords into ploughshares
- beating one's head against a stone wall
- putting an egg in one's shoe and beating it
- devil is beating his wife and marrying his daughter
Words that rhyme with beating
Questions about beating
- What does beating mean?
- Beating means the action by which someone or something is beaten.
- What is beating in Tamil?
- Beating in Tamil is அடி (aṭi). See Beating meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use beating in a sentence?
- […] to support or agree with the persecutions, beatings, dehumanizings, insults, murders, genocides, and oppressions of a perpetrator's target […]
- What part of speech is beating?
- Beating is a noun.
- How do you pronounce beating?
- Beating is pronounced /ˈbiːtɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of beating?
- The plural of beating is beatings.
Words near beating in the dictionary
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