What does beating mean?
Definitions for beating
ˈbi tɪŋbeat·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word beating.
Princeton's WordNet
beating, whipping(noun)
the act of overcoming or outdoing
beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking(noun)
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
Wiktionary
beating(Noun)
action of the verb to beat
beating(Noun)
a heavy defeat or setback
beating(Noun)
the pulsation of the heart
Webster Dictionary
Beating
of Beat
Beating(noun)
the act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows
Beating(noun)
pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart
Beating(noun)
pulsative sounds. See Beat, n
Beating(noun)
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.
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betaing
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
I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes. Watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking while someone says we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.
Thus, with child to speak, and helpless in my throes, biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite: Fool! said my muse to me, look in thy heart, and write.
The media gives us such a beating. Right now we're going through all the brouhaha over the Confederate Flag and refighting the Civil War, the notion that we're all toting our sheet and white top hat and stuff is so wrong, and I'm hoping that's what people will see.
My shoes are so tough, I give them a beating every day and they never complain. -Johnny The Walker
If you ever dream of beating me then you better wake up and apologise
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Translations for beating
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- бой, биене, поражение, удряне, туптенеBulgarian
- latidoSpanish
- battement, battageFrench
- smacco, battito, bastonata, bastonatura, sconfitta, sonora sconfittaItalian
- تێههڵدان, لێدانKurdish
- hjarteslag, hjerteslagNorwegian Nynorsk
- hjerteslag, slagNorwegian
- surra, sovaPortuguese
- биение, битьё, избиение, поражениеRussian
- udarati, bȉti, lupati, tući, mlatitiSerbo-Croatian
- tatouye, taeneWalloon
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