Synonyms of beating
33 similar words
Another word for beating is whopping. Other synonyms of beating are battering, thumping, thrashing, pummeling and drubbing.
Synonyms and similar words for beating
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- ass beating slang, vulgarA very brutal and violent experience.
- ass kicking slang, vulgarA beating, sometimes prearranged.
- batteringA heavy beating.
- beatdown slangA severe beating.
- boom-boom figuratively, slangA strike; an act of beating.
- clobberingA beating; a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
- drubbingA severe beating.
- dustingA beating.
- floggingInfliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.
- hidingA beating or spanking.
- going overA sound thrashing, beating.
- kicking
- lacingA beating as punishment; a hiding.
- lammingA beating.
- larrupingA beating; a thrashing.
- leatheringA beating.
- lickingA severe beating.
- pastingA defeat; a beating.
- pummelingA beating.
- shellacA beating; a thrashing.
- shoeing
- smackdown slangA significant or humiliating setback or defeat; a beating, a thrashing.
- thrashingA beating, especially a severe one.
- thumpingA beating.
- thwackingThe action or sound of a thwack; a beating.
- warmingA beating; a thrashing.
- whalingA beating.
- whipping
- whoppingA beating.
- whuppingA beating.
- wiping
- dressing-down rareA reprimand or rarely, a thrashing.
- loundering archaicA beating.
Meaning of beating
- noun The action by which someone or something is beaten.
- noun A heavy defeat or setback.
- noun The pulsation of the heart.
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