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[ bee-ting ] / ˈbi tɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR beating ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act of a person or thing that beats, as to punish, clean, mix, etc.: Give the rug a good beating. a defeat or reverse; loss; setback: Several stocks took a beating in the market today. pulsation; throbbing: the beating of her heart. Origin of beatingFirst recorded in 1200–50, beating is from the Middle English word betynge.See beat, -ing1 Words nearby beatingbeat hollow, beatific, beatification, beatify, beatinest, beating, beating-up, beat into one's head, beat it, beatitude, Beatitudes Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for beatingAnd it is true that since Blair was in power the pub culture has taken a beating. Beer Countries vs. Wine Countries|Clive Irving|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the Bible, Moses does kill a guy—the Egyptian slave master who is beating an Israelite to death. Christian Bale: One Man's Moses Is Another Man's Terrorist|Candida Moss, Joel Baden|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST Doctors will likely check more than one location for pulses to determine if the heart is beating. What It’s Like to Wake Up Dead|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Of course, conservative activists took a beating when they tried this in Arizona last year. RFRA Madness: What’s Next for Anti-Democratic ‘Religious Exemptions’|Jay Michaelson|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was hunkered down in my seat in the Municipalidad del Cuzco and thrilled—my heart was beating so fast! The Real-Life Raiders of the Lost Ark|Alex Belth|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST One of her dogs had strayed, and she was beating the town to find him; but she paused to listen to his tale. A shaft of sunlight had strayed over from the flower field and was loitering on his unpowdered hair, beating it into gold. Through the Gates of Old Romance|W. Jay Mills The spoilt child was making new arms, like the schoolboy who exercises his muscle to avenge himself after a beating. The Unveiling of Lhasa|Edmund Candler He was very soon in the wood: he heard the beating of his own heart. O. T.|Hans Christian Andersen No one else leant over her, and whispered soothing words to her, or was near enough to hear the flutter of her beating heart. Dombey and Son|Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for beating
nouna whipping or thrashing, as in punishment a defeat or setback take some beating or take a lot of beating to be difficult to improve upon Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to beatingdrubbing, whipping, slaughter, defeat, annihilation, bashing, rout, trouncing, shellacking |