What does beatinG mean?

Definitions for beatinG
ˈbi tɪŋbeat·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. beating, whippingnoun

    the act of overcoming or outdoing

  2. beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whackingnoun

    the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

Wiktionary

  1. beatingnoun

    action of the verb to beat

  2. beatingnoun

    a heavy defeat or setback

  3. beatingnoun

    the pulsation of the heart

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Beatingnoun

    Correction; punishment by blows.

    Etymology: from beat.

    Playwright, convict of publick wrongs to men,
    Takes private beatings, and begins again. Ben Jonson.

ChatGPT

  1. beating

    Beating refers to the act of striking or hitting repeatedly, often causing pain or discomfort. It can also refer to the rhythmic movement or sound characteristic of certain actions or functions, such as the beating of the heart. In the context of competition, beating can mean winning or triumphing over someone.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Beating

    of Beat

  2. Beatingnoun

    the act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows

  3. Beatingnoun

    pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart

  4. Beatingnoun

    pulsative sounds. See Beat, n

  5. Beatingnoun

    the process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. beating

    The operation of making progress by alternate tacks at sea against the wind, in a zig-zag line, or transverse courses; beating, however, is generally understood to be turning to windward in a storm or fresh wind.

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Anagrams for beatinG »

  1. betaing

  2. baignet

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of beatinG in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of beatinG in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of beatinG in a Sentence

  1. David Yates:

    This just seemed to me epic, beautiful sense of adventure, big beating heart, lots of action and themes I really responded to.

  2. Daikh Ramdan:

    We're a country at war. What I saw today was a war, you have the impression you are already dead, you are vulnerable, you're cold, your heart is beating, you breathe hard.

  3. District Court Judge Scott Sells:

    Your actions were vicious and senseless. ... Kelsey Berreth spent her last night caring for you. You repay her by viciously beating her to death. Then you burned her body, your crimes deserve the absolute maximum punishment.

  4. Bob Camire:

    We had people beating down our door to get in at the low rate we were offering at the time, we had one person coming in for an $ 8-an-hour job who was earning $ 60,000. Today, the total opposite is true.

  5. Jack Carter:

    I’m f—ed in the head alright. I think I’ma (sic) shoot up a kindergarten and watch the blood of the innocent rain down and eat the beating heart of one of them.

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