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beating one's face

beating one's face is the present participle and gerund of beat one's face.

Meaning of beat one's face

Verb

beat one's face (third-person singular simple present beats one's face, present participle beating one's face, simple past beat one's face, past participle beaten one's face or beat one's face)

  1. (gay slang and African-American Vernacular) To apply makeup.
    • Nicole took her time as she laid all her MAC cosmetics on the dresser in a neat row. After beating her face down she took off the ivory silk robe to hang it behind the door.2011, Natasha Johnigan, Unconditional, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 74
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, face.

Questions about beating one's face

What is beating one's face the present participle and gerund of?
Beating one's face is the present participle and gerund of beat one's face.

Words near beating one's face in the dictionary

  1. beating one's ass
  2. beating one's brain
  3. beating one's brains out
  4. beating one's breast
  5. beating one's chest
  6. beating one's face
  7. beating one's head against a stone wall
  8. beating one's meat
  9. beating one's swords into ploughshares
  10. beating one's swords into plowshares
  11. beating out

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