beating

Speech parts

1. beating - Noun

2. beating - Verb

Meaning

of Beat

The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.

Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.

Pulsative sounds. See Beat, n.

The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

thrashing whacking trouncing hitting drumming pounding hammering licking lashing whipping lacing thumping throbbing battering pulsing
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Antonyms

tinny perk win achieve benefit achievement
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Hypernyms

fighting fight combat scrap corporal punishment

Hyponyms

flagellation tanning lashing whipping flogging

Phrases with the word

take a beating beating it take some beating the devil is beating his wife beating the wind beating the opposition

Examples

Don't forget that God sees you and watches you when you are in pain; He perceives even the beating of your heart. Consequently, He will not leave you without consolation and His fatherly protection. Ephraim of Arizona

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart. Henry Ward Beecher

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. Coco Chanel

You cannot separate water by beating it with a fork. Hindi Proverb

If a woman sees a stick for beating her rival, she will throw it away in the woods. Kiganda Proverb

A fool's lips bring him strife and invite a beating. Moroccan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Beatine Beatine map beatinest beating a dead dog beating a dead horse beating about the bush