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beating

  • /ˈbiːtɪŋ/

Rhymes with -iːtɪŋ

Where it comes from

By surface analysis, beat + -ing.

noun beatings

  1. countable, uncountable The action by which someone or something is beaten. the beating of a drum
  2. countable, uncountable A heavy defeat or setback. To increase United's pain, this was their first home defeat in any competition since April 2010, when they lost to Chelsea - but even that defeat, which effectively cost them the title, may not turn out to have the same long-term significance as this heavy beating.
  3. countable, uncountable The pulsation of the heart.

Similar: ass beating, ass kicking, battering, beatdown, beating, boom-boom, clobbering, dressing-down, drubbing, dusting, flogging, hiding, going over, kicking, lacing, lamming, larruping, leathering, loundering, licking, pasting, pummeling, shellac, shoeing, smackdown, thrashing, thumping, thwacking, warming, whaling

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of beat

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: drubbing, thrashing, whipping, whacking, pulsating, pulsing, rhythmical, rhythmic, trouncing, hitting, hit, knocking, dint, pounding, battering, slap

noun

Similar: ass beating, ass kicking, battering, beatdown, beating, boom-boom, clobbering, dressing-down, drubbing, dusting, flogging, hiding, going over, kicking, lacing, lamming, larruping, leathering, loundering, licking, pasting, pummeling, shellac, shoeing, smackdown, thrashing, thumping, thwacking, warming, whaling

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Every language

noun action of the verb to beat

Españolpaliza, golpiza
Kiswahiliuchapaji
Portuguêssova, surra
Françaisbattage
DeutschSchlagen, Prügel, Verprüglung
Italianobastonatura
Русскийбие́ние bijénije, битьё bitʹjó, избие́ние izbijénije, побо́и pobói
العربيةضَرْب ḍarb

noun a heavy defeat or setback

Españolpaliza
Deutschbut see vernichtende Niederlage
Italianobastonata, smacco, sconfitta, sonora sconfitta
Русскийпораже́ние poražénije

noun the pulsation of the heart

Españollatido
Françaisbattement
DeutschHerzschlag
Italianobattito
Русскийбие́ние bijénije

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@misc{beating_2026,
  title = {beating},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beating},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}