beating
noun/ˈbiːtɪŋ/
Etymology
By surface analysis, beat + -ing.
Definitions
The action by which someone or something is beaten.
- the beating of a drum
- secret beatings of prisoners
- […] to support or agree with the persecutions, beatings, dehumanizings, insults, murders, genocides, and oppressions of a perpetrator's target […]
A heavy defeat or setback.
The pulsation of the heart.
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present participle and gerund of beat
The neighborhood
- synonymass beating
- synonymass kicking
- synonymbattering
- synonymbeatdown
- synonymbeating
- synonymboom-boom
- synonymclobbering
- synonymdressing-down
- synonymdrubbing
- synonymdusting
- synonymflogging
- synonymhiding
- neighborchastisement
- neighborcorporal punishment
- neighborflagellation
- neighbortoco
- neighborwhackage
- neighborassault
- neighborpenalty
- neighborbelting
- neighborcaning
- neighborcudgeling
- neighborfustigation
- neighborneveling
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for beating. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA