What does beating mean?
Definitions for beating
ˈbi tɪŋbeat·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word beating.
Princeton's WordNet
beating, whippingnoun
the act of overcoming or outdoing
beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whackingnoun
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
Wiktionary
beatingnoun
action of the verb to beat
beatingnoun
a heavy defeat or setback
beatingnoun
the pulsation of the heart
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Beatingnoun
Correction; punishment by blows.
Etymology: from beat.
Playwright, convict of publick wrongs to men,
Takes private beatings, and begins again. Ben Jonson.
ChatGPT
beating
Beating refers to the act of striking or hitting repeatedly, often causing pain or discomfort. It can also refer to the rhythmic movement or sound characteristic of certain actions or functions, such as the beating of the heart. In the context of competition, beating can mean winning or triumphing over someone.
Webster Dictionary
Beating
of Beat
Beatingnoun
the act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows
Beatingnoun
pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart
Beatingnoun
pulsative sounds. See Beat, n
Beatingnoun
the process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
beating
The operation of making progress by alternate tacks at sea against the wind, in a zig-zag line, or transverse courses; beating, however, is generally understood to be turning to windward in a storm or fresh wind.
Anagrams for beating »
betaing
baignet
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of beating in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of beating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of beating in a Sentence
The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still. Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing -- where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger, which he knows that he was meant and made to do.
It was a combination of things that went terribly wrong, ed Troyer heart and Ed Troyer brain are going to lack an amount of oxygen needed to survive. Ed Troyer will go in a coma very quickly, and Ed Troyer heart is going to stop beating.
Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
Most of the action relating to beating nicotine addiction takes place within the first month or two.
My shoes are so tough, I give them a beating every day and they never complain. -Johnny The Walker
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- туптене, удряне, поражение, биене, бойBulgarian
- latidoSpanish
- battage, battementFrench
- sonora sconfitta, sconfitta, smacco, bastonata, bastonatura, battitoItalian
- لێدان, تێههڵدانKurdish
- hjerteslag, hjarteslagNorwegian Nynorsk
- hjerteslag, slagNorwegian
- sova, surraPortuguese
- битьё, избиение, биение, поражениеRussian
- bȉti, tući, mlatiti, udarati, lupatiSerbo-Croatian
- tatouye, taeneWalloon
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