Beating Definition

[n] the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
[n] the act of overcoming or outdoing
[adj] expanding and contracting rhythmically as to the beating of the heart; "felt the pulsating artery"; "oh my beating heart"

Synonyms

drubbing, lacing, pulsating, pulsing, rhythmic, rhythmical, thrashing, trouncing, whacking

See Also...

combat, corporal punishment, fight, fighting, flagellation, flogging, lashing, tanning, whipping

Related Terms

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

Misc. Definitions

\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.