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
Stephen LeBert of the Medford:
You're lucky I'm a cop because I'd be beating the f***ing p*** out of you right now.
You can't tell your heart, please don't stop beating.
I congratulate the British people for beating the political elite in both London and Brussels and I think we can do the same, the Dutch would like to be in charge again of their own budget, their national borders and their immigration policy.
Five Memphis Police Department officers can state that preliminary findings indicate Tyre suffered extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating, and that Tyre Nichols observed injuries are consistent with what the family and attorneys witnessed on the video of his fatal encounter with police on January 7, 2023.
Donald does well with voters who have relatively low information, who are not that engaged and who are angry and they see him as an angry voice, where we are beating him is when voters get more engaged and they get more informed. When they inform themselves, they realize his record. He’s what they’re angry at. He is the corruption, and if you want someone to stand up to Washington, the only one who has been doing so in this race is me.
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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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