beating Definition
beat·ing (bēt′iŋ)
noun
- the act of a person or thing that beats
- a whipping or thrashing
- a throbbing; pulsation
- a defeat
beating Synonyms
beating Usage Examples
Preposition: about
bush: Let us have no more beating about the bush.
Converse of object
- torture: They wanted to hear tales of torture, beatings and brutality.
- endure: Samina, married with seven children, endured severe beatings.
- administer: The men who had been sent to administer the beating laughed.
- drum: There was a drum beating in the background, throbbing in time with his pulse.
Preposition: around
bush: Stop beating around the bush and start getting to the heart of the matter.
Adjective modifier
- savage: What can we do in terms of a code of conduct to stop you from getting a savage beating?
- brutal: The faint of heart should be prepared for the brutal, barbaric beatings that Christ endures.
- vicious: At some time during the next two to three hours he received a vicious beating.
- severe: The freed men showed marks of severe beatings on their body.
- repeated: Many have impairments as a result of repeated beatings and being made to carry heavy loads for long distances.
- irregular: This may be due to irregular heart beating or fast heart rate.
Modifies a noun
heart: Sound waves create a picture of the beating heart which is seen on a computer screen.
Noun used with modifier
- punishment: There he receives a punishment beating which keeps him in hospital for weeks.
- heart: I could feel your heart beating on my chest.
- drum: There was a flag on every house, crackers going off, drums beating, singing and crying " Viva Pacheco " .
- wife: Ten percent of both men and women reported wife beating in the last year.
- chest: No amount of chest beating can conceal how wrong these assumptions were.
Preposition: of
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