English Explanatory Dictionary

beating

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The action by which someone or something is beaten.
  2. A heavy defeat or setback.
  3. The pulsation of the heart.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of beat

Pronunciation

/ˈbiːtɪŋ/ en-us-beating.ogg

Word forms

beating beatings

Etymology

By surface analysis, beat + -ing.

Synonyms

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 whipping whopping whupping wiping

Related words

chastisement corporal punishment flagellation toco whackage

Derived words

ass beating bare beating beating heart breast-beating chest-beating drumbeating goldbeating take some beating unbeating wifebeating wife-beating
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