About The Word Beating

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Beating to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Beating definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Beating

Beating Meaning & Definition
Beating Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Beating?

[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 | Synonyms for Beating: drubbing | lacing | pulsating | pulsing | rhythmic | rhythmical | thrashing | trouncing | whacking

Related Terms | Find terms related to Beating: 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 | collapse | comminution | conquering | conquest | corporal punishment | cowhiding | crack | crash | crumbling | crushing | cudgeling | cut | cyclic | dance | dash | deathblow | debacle | defeasance | defeat | destruction | detrition | dig | dint | disintegration | downfall | drub | drubbing | drum | drum music | drumbeat | drumfire | drumming | epochal | even | every other | failure | fall | flagellation | flailing | flap | flicker | flit | flitter | flogging | flop | flutter | fluttering | fragmentation | fusillade | fustigation | granulation | granulization | grating | grinding | heartbeat | heartthrob | hiding | hit | horsewhipping | in numbers | in rhythm | intermittent | isochronal | jab | knock | lacing | lambasting | lashing | lathering | levigation | lick | licking | mashing | mastery | measured | metric | metronomic | oscillatory | overcoming | overthrow | overturn | palpitant | palpitation | paradiddle | patter | pelt | periodical | pistol-whipping | pitapat | pitter-patter | plunk | poke | pound | pounding | powdering | pulsatile | pulsating | pulsation | pulsative | pulsatory | pulse | pulsing | punch | quietus | quiver | rap | rataplan | rat-a-tat | rat-tat | rat-tat-tat | rattattoo | rawhiding | reciprocal | recurrent | recurring | rhythm | rhythmic | roll | rotary | rout | rub-a-dub | ruff | ruffle | ruin | scourging | seasonal | serial | shake | shellacking | shredding | slam | slog | slug | smack | smash | smashing | sock | spanking | spatter | spattering | splutter | spluttering | sputter | sputtering | staccato | steady | strapping | stripes | stroke | subdual | subduing | subjugation | swat | swing | swingeing | swipe | switching | tat-tat | tattoo | tempo | thrashing | throb | throbbing | thrum | thrumming | thump | thumping | thwack | ticking | tom-tom | trimming | trituration | trouncing | truncheoning | undoing | undulant | undulatory | vanquishment | Waterloo | wavelike | waver | whack | wheeling | whipping | whop | yerk

See Also | combat | corporal punishment | fight | fighting | flagellation | flogging | lashing | tanning | whipping

Beating In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Terrific ‐ causing extreme terror; "a terrifying wail" [adj] very great…
  • Feathered ‐ adorned with feathers or plumes [adj] having or covered with…
  • Superclass agnatha ‐ superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins:…
  • Indifferent(p) ‐ (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed;…
  • Fagin ‐ a villainous Jew in Charles Dickens' novel `Oliver Twist'; "Fagin…
  • Catercorner ‐ slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line; "set off in a catty-corner…
  • Phyllostachys ‐ medium and…
  • Sudanese monetary unit ‐ monetary unit in…
  • Orangeade ‐ sweetened beverage of diluted…
  • Trente-et-quarante ‐ a card game in which two rows of cards are dealt and players…