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dry beating

dry beating is the present participle of dry beat.

Meaning of dry beat

Verb

dry beat (third-person singular simple present dry beats, present participle dry beating, simple past dry beat, past participle dry beaten)

  1. (archaic) To beat; to clobber; to thrash.
    • Good King of Cats, nothing but one of your nine / liues, that I meane to make bold withall, and as you shall / vse me hereafter dry beate the rest of the eight.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about dry beating

What is dry beating the present participle of?
Dry beating is the present participle of dry beat.

Words near dry beating in the dictionary

  1. dry bays
  2. dry bean
  3. dry beans
  4. dry beat
  5. dry beaten
  6. dry beating
  7. dry beats
  8. dry behind the ears
  9. dry beriberi
  10. dry biscuit
  11. dry biscuits

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