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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Beating \Beat"ing\, n. 1. The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows. [1913 Webster] 2. Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart. [1913 Webster] 3. (Acoustics & Mus.) Pulsative sounds. See Beat, n. [1913 Webster] 4. (Naut.) The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Beat \Beat\ (b[=e]t), v. t. [imp. Beat; p. p. Beat, Beaten; p. pr. & vb. n. Beating.] [OE. beaten, beten, AS. be['a]tan; akin to Icel. bauta, OHG. b[=o]zan. Cf. 1st Butt, Button.] 1. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum. [1913 Webster] Thou shalt beat some of it [spices] very small. --Ex. xxx. 36. [1913 Webster] They did beat the gold into thin plates. --Ex. xxxix. 3. [1913 Webster] 2. To punish by blows; to thrash. [1913 Webster] 3. To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game. [1913 Webster] To beat the woods, and rouse the bounding prey. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 4. To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind. [1913 Webster] A frozen continent . . . beat with perpetual storms. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. To tread, as a path. [1913 Webster] Pass awful gulfs, and beat my painful way. --Blackmore. [1913 Webster] 6. To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish, defeat, or conquer; to surpass or be superior to. [1913 Webster] He beat them in a bloody battle. --Prescott. [1913 Webster] For loveliness, it would be hard to beat that. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] 7. To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 8. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble. [1913 Webster] Why should any one . . . beat his head about the Latin grammar who does not intend to be a critic? --Locke. [1913 Webster] 9. (Mil.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc. [1913 Webster] 10. to baffle or stump; to defy the comprehension of (a person); as, it beats me why he would do that. [1913 Webster] 11. to evade, avoid, or escape (blame, taxes, punishment); as, to beat the rap (be acquitted); to beat the sales tax by buying out of state. [1913 Webster] To beat down, to haggle with (any one) to secure a lower price; to force down. [Colloq.] To beat into, to teach or instill, by repetition. To beat off, to repel or drive back. To beat out, to extend by hammering. To beat out of a thing, to cause to relinquish it, or give it up. ``Nor can anything beat their posterity out of it to this day.'' --South. To beat the dust. (Man.) (a) To take in too little ground with the fore legs, as a horse. (b) To perform curvets too precipitately or too low. To beat the hoof, to walk; to go on foot. To beat the wing, to flutter; to move with fluttering agitation. To beat time, to measure or regulate time in music by the motion of the hand or foot. To beat up, to attack suddenly; to alarm or disturb; as, to beat up an enemy's quarters. [1913 Webster] Syn: To strike; pound; bang; buffet; maul; drub; thump; baste; thwack; thrash; pommel; cudgel; belabor; conquer; defeat; vanquish; overcome. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Beat \Beat\, v. t. [imp. Beat; p. p. Beat, Beaten; p. pr. & vb. n. Beating.] [OE. beaten, beten, AS. be['a]tan; akin to Icel. bauta, OHG. b?zan. Cf. 1st Butt, Button.] 1. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum. Thou shalt beat some of it [spices] very small. --Ex. xxx. 36. They did beat the gold into thin plates. --Ex. xxxix. 3. 2. To punish by blows; to thrash. 3. To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game. To beat the woods, and rouse the bounding prey. --Prior. 4. To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind. A frozen continent . . . beat with perpetual storms. --Milton. 5. To tread, as a path. Pass awful gulfs, and beat my painful way. --Blackmore. 6. To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass. He beat them in a bloody battle. --Prescott. For loveliness, it would be hard to beat that. --M. Arnold. 7. To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out. [Colloq.] 8. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble. Why should any one . . . beat his head about the Latin grammar who does not intend to be a critic? --Locke. 9. (Mil.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc. To beat down, to haggle with (any one) to secure a lower price; to force down. [Colloq.] To beat into, to teach or instill, by repetition. To beat off, to repel or drive back. To beat out, to extend by hammering. To beat out of a thing, to cause to relinquish it, or give it up. ``Nor can anything beat their posterity out of it to this day.'' --South. To beat the dust. (Man.) (a) To take in too little ground with the fore legs, as a horse. (b) To perform curvets too precipitately or too low. To beat the hoof, to walk; to go on foot. To beat the wing, to flutter; to move with fluttering agitation. To beat time, to measure or regulate time in music by the motion of the hand or foot. To beat up, to attack suddenly; to alarm or disturb; as, to beat up an enemy's quarters. Syn: To strike; pound; bang; buffet; maul; drub; thump; baste; thwack; thrash; pommel; cudgel; belabor; conquer; defeat; vanquish; overcome.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Beating \Beat"ing\, n. 1. The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows. 2. Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart. 3. (Acoustics & Mus.) Pulsative sounds. See Beat, n. 4. (Naut.) The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
beating adj : expanding and contracting rhythmically as to the beating of the heart; "felt the pulsating artery"; "oh my beating heart" [syn: pulsating, pulsing] n 1: the act of overcoming or outdoing [syn: whipping] 2: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking]From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
beating n. 1 The action by which someone or something is beaten. 2 A heavy defeat or setback. vb. (en-ing form of: beat)From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
beating n. 1 The action by which someone or something is beaten. 2 A heavy defeat or setback. vb. (en-ing form of: beat)From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
beating n. 1 The action by which someone or something is beaten. 2 A heavy defeat or setback. vb. (en-ing form of: beat)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
beating n. 1 The action by which someone or something is beaten. 2 A heavy defeat or setback. vb. (en-ing form of: beat)From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
beating Englanti n. mukilointi, (nyrkein, ketjuin, ruoskin, nuijin käyty) tappelu, päällekarkaus Englanti vb. (en-v-taivm b eat ing)From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
beating Engelska a. (avledning en beat ordform=prespart) Engelska n. 1 (tagg bildligt språk=en) stryk, smörj 2 misshandel Engelska vb. (böjning en verb beat)From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ الضّربFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
beating //ˈbiːtɪŋ//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]1. поражение a heavy defeat or setback 2. биене, бой, удряне action of the verb to beat 3. туптене the pulsation of the heart
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]tep
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]tlukot
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]tlučení
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ bitíFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ bušícíFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ KreuzenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]Synonym: tacking
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ NiederlageFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]"take a beating" - eine Niederlage einstecken, eine Schlappe einstecken
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ PrügeleiFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]"a sound beating" - eine Tracht Prügel see: beatings
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ SchwebungFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][phys.] [telco.] Note: Amplitudenschwankung Synonyms: beat, beats
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ VerprügelnFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Prügeln Synonyms: battering, thrashing, pounding
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ ausklopfend see: beat sth., beaten, beat the dust out of sth.From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ durchhauen see: beat, beatenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ heftig klopfend, hämmernd Synonyms: pounding, thumping see: beat at sth., pound against sth., thump sth., beaten, pounded, thumpedFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ an die Türe klopfend, hämmernd, pochend, pumpernd Synonyms: pounding, thumping on the door see: beat, pound, thump on the door, beaten, pounded, thumped on the doorFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ quirlend, schlagend Synonym: whisking see: whisk, beat sth., whisked, beaten, beat the cream to a froth/until frothy, Whisk the eggs with the cream until the mixture thickens.From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ schlagend, prügelnd "give sb. such a beating that he needs hospital treatment" - jdn. krankenhausreif schlagen Synonym: drubbing see: beat sb./sth., drub sb., beaten, drubbed, he/she beats, I/he/she beat, I/he/she would beat, beat sb. black and blue, beat/knock/punch the living daylights out of sb., beat the bejesus out of sb., beat sb. into/to hospitalization, beat sb. until he requires hospitalization, almost beat sb. to deathFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ schlagend, bezwingend see: beat sb., beaten, Juventus Turin beats Arsenal 2-0., He beat the goalkeeper with a powerful shot.From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ treibend see: beat, beatenFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ παλλόμενοςFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
beating //ˈbiːtɪŋ//From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. löylytys a heavy defeat or setback 2. löylytys, selkäsauna, taonta action of the verb to beat
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ izbijanje, pulsiranjeFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ 1. zuhogó 2. hirig 3. szívverés 4. elpáholás 5. lavírozás 6. szárnycsapkodás 7. csapkodás 8. hajtás 9. beverés 10. dobogó 11. vereség 12. szívdobogás 13. ütleg 14. dobogás 15. ütés 16. verés 17. felhajtás 18. sulykolás 19. kudarc 20. elfenekelésFrom English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-nor ]
beating //ˈbiːtɪŋ//From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]slag action of the verb to beat
beating /ˈbi:tɪŋ/ I.From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]1. pobicie, lanie 2. give sb a beating (give V: PROP :a :beating) - pobić kogoś 3. take a beating (take V: :a :beating) - zostać pobitym 4. [nieform] sth will take some beating (NP :will take V: :some :beating) - coś jest nie do pobicia II. beating up /bˈiːtɪŋ ˈʌp/ ciężkie pobicie, pobicie
beating /bˈiːtɪŋ/ 1. dövme, vuruş 2. dayak 3. yenilgi, mağlubiyet 4. atış (kalp)From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈbitɪŋ/
216 Moby Thesaurus words for "beating": Waterloo, abrasion, alternate, arrhythmia, atomization, attrition, bang, barrage, bash, bastinado, basting, bat, battery, beat, belt, belting, biff, blow, bonk, brecciation, buffeting, cadenced, cadent, caning, chop, circling, clicking, clip, clout, clubbing, clump, collapse, comminution, conquering, conquest, corporal punishment, cowhiding, crack, crash, crumbling, crushing, cudgeling, cut, cyclic, dance, dash, deathblow, debacle, defeasance, defeat, destruction, detrition, dig, dint, disintegration, downfall, drub, drubbing, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire, drumming, epochal, even, every other, failure, fall, flagellation, flailing, flap, flicker, flit, flitter, flogging, flop, flutter, fluttering, fragmentation, fusillade, fustigation, granulation, granulization, grating, grinding, heartbeat, heartthrob, hiding, hit, horsewhipping, in numbers, in rhythm, intermittent, isochronal, jab, knock, lacing, lambasting, lashing, lathering, levigation, lick, licking, mashing, mastery, measured, metric, metronomic, oscillatory, overcoming, overthrow, overturn, palpitant, palpitation, paradiddle, patter, pelt, periodical, pistol-whipping, pitapat, pitter-patter, plunk, poke, pound, pounding, powdering, pulsatile, pulsating, pulsation, pulsative, pulsatory, pulse, pulsing, punch, quietus, quiver, rap, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rataplan, rattattoo, rawhiding, reciprocal, recurrent, recurring, rhythm, rhythmic, roll, rotary, rout, rub-a-dub, ruff, ruffle, ruin, scourging, seasonal, serial, shake, shellacking, shredding, slam, slog, slug, smack, smash, smashing, sock, spanking, spatter, spattering, splutter, spluttering, sputter, sputtering, staccato, steady, strapping, stripes, stroke, subdual, subduing, subjugation, swat, swing, swingeing, swipe, switching, tat-tat, tattoo, tempo, thrashing, throb, throbbing, thrum, thrumming, thump, thumping, thwack, ticking, tom-tom, trimming, trituration, trouncing, truncheoning, undoing, undulant, undulatory, vanquishment, wavelike, waver, whack, wheeling, whipping, whop, yerkFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 打,挫败,搏动;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 打,挫败,搏动