beating en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbiːtɪŋ/
- (US) audio
Etymology
By surface analysis, beat + -ing.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The action by which someone or something is beaten.
[…] to support or agree with the persecutions, beatings, dehumanizings, insults, murders, genocides, and oppressions of a perpetrator's target […]
2008, M. W. Sphero, Religion: The Defamer of God, page 210:“It was one of the most severe beatings they’ve seen on tape,” an FDNY insider said, recalling the reaction by brass who viewed video of the bloody fisticuffs.
2018 August 18, Susan Edelman, New York Post:the beating of a drum
Human rights organisations say many experience imprisonment and beatings along the way.
2023 August 21, Paul Adams, “Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards - report”, in BBC, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2024:secret beatings of prisoners
The fight is not all one-sided. Lion is taking a savage beating as the two flagships trade body blows almost independent of the furious carronade going on behind them.
2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 14:13 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022:
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(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.
2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2012:
- (countable, uncountable) The pulsation of the heart.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| beatings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
take some beating · bare beating · wifebeating · chest-beating · breast-beating · drumbeating · wife-beating · unbeating · beating heart · ass beating · goldbeating
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
fustigation · neveling · caning · belting · cudgeling · strapping · scourging
Relateds
chastisement · whackage · corporal punishment · flagellation · toco
Synonyms
boom-boom · whipping · hiding · pasting · dusting · battering · clobbering · leathering · thwacking · whaling · shoeing · whopping · ass beating · beatdown · kicking · thrashing · lamming · larruping · smackdown · licking · warming · going over · shellac · whupping · drubbing · lacing · ass kicking · dressing-down · flogging · loundering · beating · pummeling · wiping · thumping
Translations (106)
sc cadda (action of the verb to beat) · fi taonta (action of the verb to beat) · es paliza (action of the verb to beat) · ga greasáil (action of the verb to beat) · te కొట్టుట (action of the verb to beat) · uk биття́ (action of the verb to beat) · uk побі́й (action of the verb to beat) · ca pallissa (action of the verb to beat) · kea barapó (action of the verb to beat) · lad haftona (action of the verb to beat) · ru избие́ние (action of the verb to beat) · it bastonata (a heavy defeat or setback) · sh udarati (action of the verb to beat) · ru бие́ние (action of the verb to beat) · fi löylytys (a heavy defeat or setback) · sdc matzàda (action of the verb to beat) · ca gec de jacos (a heavy defeat or setback) · ms pukulan (action of the verb to beat) · gl latexo (the pulsation of the heart) · sk tlkot (the pulsation of the heart) · sc irrugada (a heavy defeat or setback) · es latido (the pulsation of the heart) · pt sova (action of the verb to beat) · sh bȉti (action of the verb to beat) · gl palpitación (the pulsation of the heart) · fi selkäsauna (action of the verb to beat) · ms debar (the pulsation of the heart) · eo batado (action of the verb to beat) · ckb لێدان (the pulsation of the heart) · uk побиття́ (action of the verb to beat) · sdc matzucàda (a heavy defeat or setback) · ta அடி (action of the verb to beat) · nrf batt'tie (action of the verb to beat) · ru бие́ние (the pulsation of the heart) · pl bicie (action of the verb to beat) · sc carda (a heavy defeat or setback) · de Herzschlag (the pulsation of the heart) · sc carda (a heavy defeat or setback) · ckb تێھەڵدان (action of the verb to beat) · tr dayak (action of the verb to beat) · es golpiza (action of the verb to beat) · fr battage (action of the verb to beat) · ms paluan (action of the verb to beat) · sc antarzu (action of the verb to beat) · nrf dêgraîsseuse (action of the verb to beat) · wa tatouye (a heavy defeat or setback) · ca batussa (action of the verb to beat) · sdc sagamàda (action of the verb to beat) · id pukulan (action of the verb to beat) · gl soba (action of the verb to beat) · it sonora sconfitta (a heavy defeat or setback) · be пабо́i (action of the verb to beat) · es paliza (a heavy defeat or setback) · nb hjerteslag (the pulsation of the heart) · sh lupati (action of the verb to beat) · ckb لێدان (action of the verb to beat) · wa taene (a heavy defeat or setback) · bg туптене (the pulsation of the heart) · pl uderzanie (action of the verb to beat) · sh mlatiti (action of the verb to beat) · pl wpierdol (action of the verb to beat) · eo batado (the pulsation of the heart) · de Prügel (action of the verb to beat) · de but see vernichtende Niederlage (a heavy defeat or setback) · be біццё (action of the verb to beat) · gl zurra (action of the verb to beat) · ar ضَرْب (action of the verb to beat) · sw uchapaji (action of the verb to beat) · zza derb (action of the verb to beat) · nrf ronde (action of the verb to beat) · no slag (action of the verb to beat) · bg бой (action of the verb to beat) · ru битьё (action of the verb to beat) · sdc adubàda (a heavy defeat or setback) · it battito (the pulsation of the heart) · hu verés (action of the verb to beat) · id tabuhan (action of the verb to beat) · bg удряне (action of the verb to beat) · fr battement (the pulsation of the heart) · nrf suée (action of the verb to beat) · ru побо́и (action of the verb to beat) · nn hjarteslag (the pulsation of the heart) · pt surra (action of the verb to beat) · be пабiццё (action of the verb to beat) · it smacco (a heavy defeat or setback) · gl batido (the pulsation of the heart) · it sconfitta (a heavy defeat or setback) · sh tući (action of the verb to beat) · gl malleira (a heavy defeat or setback) · it bastonatura (action of the verb to beat) · sc cadra (action of the verb to beat) · sdc tùnda (action of the verb to beat) · bg поражение (a heavy defeat or setback) · gl malladura (action of the verb to beat) · hy ծեծ (action of the verb to beat) · bg биене (action of the verb to beat) · de Schlagen (action of the verb to beat) · gl boura (action of the verb to beat) · sc batacchio (action of the verb to beat) · nrf latteuse (action of the verb to beat) · gl tunda (action of the verb to beat) · ca fart de jacos (a heavy defeat or setback) · fi löylytys (action of the verb to beat) · de Verprüglung (action of the verb to beat) · gl malleira (action of the verb to beat) · ru пораже́ние (a heavy defeat or setback)