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Definition of BEATING

noun : BEATING

Source:WordNet 3.1

1. (
- beating ,
- whipping ,
) the act of overcoming or outdoing ;

2. (
- beating ,
- thrashing ,
- licking ,
- drubbing ,
- lacing ,
- trouncing ,
- whacking
) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows ;

verb : BEATING

Source:WordNet 3.1

1. (
- beat ,
- beat_out ,
- crush ,
- shell ,
- trounce ,
- vanquish
) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" ;

2. (
) give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" ;

3. (
- beat
) hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe" ;

4. (
- beat ,
- pound ,
- thump
) move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" ;

5. (
- beat
) shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares" ;

6. (
- drum ,
- beat ,
- thrum
) make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night" ;

7. (
- beat ,
) glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us" ;

8. (
- beat ,
- flap ,
) move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky" ;

9. (
- beat ,
) sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind" ;

10. (
- beat ,
- scramble ,
) stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream" ;

11. (
- beat ,
) strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically" ;

12. (
- beat
) be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!" ;

13. (
- beat ,
- bunk
) avoid paying; "beat the subway fare" ;

14. (
- tick ,
- ticktock ,
- ticktack ,
- beat ,
) make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" ;

15. (
- beat ,
- flap ,
) move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping" ;

16. (
- beat ,
) indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm" ;

17. (
) move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement" ;

18. (
- beat ,
) make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest" ;

19. (
- beat ,
) produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum" ;

20. (
- beat ,
) strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting ;

21. (
- outwit ,
- overreach ,
- outsmart ,
- outfox ,
- beat ,
- circumvent
) beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" ;

22. (
- perplex ,
- vex ,
- stick ,
- get ,
- puzzle ,
- mystify ,
- baffle ,
- beat ,
- pose ,
- bewilder ,
- flummox ,
- stupefy ,
- nonplus ,
- gravel ,
- amaze ,
- dumbfound
) be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me;

23. (
- exhaust ,
- wash_up ,
- beat ,
- tucker ,
- tucker_out
) wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" ;

Adjective : BEATING

Source:WordNet 3.1

1. (
- all_in ,
- beat ,
- bushed ,
- dead
) very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip" ;

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