beating

/ˈbiːtɪŋ/

noun 3

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

brutal, savage, severe, terrible, violent

VERB + BEATING

get, receive, suffer, take

After the accident, he suffered a serious beating from the angry crowd.

give sb/sth

The bullies gave him a beating after school yesterday.

Definitions

noun

The action by which someone or something is beaten.

the beating of a drum

secret beatings of prisoners

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.

The pulsation of the heart.

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Synonyms

noun — the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blow

noun — the act of overcoming or outdoing

whipping

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Idioms & Phrases

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the beating of a drum

Wiktionary

secret beatings of prisoners

Wiktionary

[…] to support or agree with the persecutions, beatings, dehumanizings, insults, murders, genocides, and oppressions of a perpetrator's target […]

Wiktionary

I waited for the curtain to rise with my heart beating in excitement.

Tatoeba · #18947

Stop beating around the bush and give it to me straight!

Tatoeba · #22320

Please stop beating around the bush and come straight to the point.

Tatoeba · #25805

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