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beat·ing

(bē′tĭng)

1. An act of repeated hitting or striking.

a. A thorough defeat, as in an athletic contest.

b. A sharp reversal; a setback: Stocks took a beating from panicky investors.

3. A throbbing or pulsation, as of the heart.

4. Physics The periodic variation in amplitude of a wave, especially that produced by the superposition of two waves of different frequencies, resulting in segments of more intense and then less intense wave phenomena, such as louder and then quieter sound.

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beating

(ˈbiːtɪŋ)

1. a whipping or thrashing, as in punishment

2. a defeat or setback

3. take some beating take a lot of beating to be difficult to improve upon

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beat•ing

(ˈbi tɪŋ)

n.

1. the act of a person or thing that beats.

2. a defeat or reverse; loss; setback.

3. pulsation; throbbing.

[1200–50]

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Noun	1.	beating - the act of overcoming or outdoing whipping fighting, combat, fight, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
	2.	beating - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows whacking, drubbing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, lacing corporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime flogging, lashing, whipping, flagellation, tanning - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment flagellation - beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation

beating

noun

1. thrashing, hiding (informal), belting (informal), whipping (slang), slapping, tanning, lashing, smacking, caning, pasting (slang), flogging, drubbing, corporal punishment, chastisement the savage beating of a suspect by police officers

2. defeat, ruin, overthrow, pasting (slang), conquest, rout, downfall A beating at Wembley would be too much of a trauma for them.

3. throb, pounding, pumping, pulse, thumping, vibration, pulsating, palpitation, pulsation High in the stands there came the beating of a drum.

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beating

noun

1. A punishment dealt with blows or lashes:

flogging, hiding, lashing, thrashing, whipping.

Informal: trimming.

Slang: licking.

2. The act of defeating or the condition of being defeated:

defeat, drubbing, overthrow, rout, thrashing, vanquishment.

Informal: massacre, trimming, whipping.

Slang: dusting, licking.

Translations

ضرْب، خفْـق، نبْض

porážkatlukotvýprask

kløprygltæsk

Schlagen Schmiere

ξυλοδαρμός ξυλοκόπημα

batida golpeo latido paliza

battage battant batte battement pouls

barsmíîi; flenging; ósigur

bastonata bastonatura batosta battitura battuta

juling nederlag

колочение битьё бой

batine

dayak dövmesopa çekme

敲打

beating

[ˈbiːtɪŋ] N

1. (= striking) [of drum] → redoble m; [of heart] → latido m, pulsación f
the beating of wings → el batir de alas
the beating of the rain/the waves → el batir or el azote de la lluvia/las olas

2. (= punishment) → paliza f, golpiza f (LAm)
to get a beating → recibir una paliza
to give sb a beating → dar una paliza a algn
to take a beating: our team took a beating → a nuestro equipo le dieron una paliza, nuestro equipo recibió una paliza
the dollar is taking a beating on the currency markets → le están dando una paliza al dólar en los mercados de divisas

3. (= bettering) that score will take some beating → será difícil superar esa puntuación

4. (Hunting) → batida f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

beating

[ˈbiːtɪŋ] n

(= assault) → raclée f

(= defeat) to take a beating (in contest) → prendre une raclée

to take some beating (= be difficult to surpass)
That will take some beating → Ce sera dur à battre.beating-up [ˌbiːtɪŋˈʌp] n (= attack) → passage m à tabacbeat-up [ˈbiːtʌp] adj [car] → déglingué(e)
a beat-up old car → une vieille bagnole déglinguée, une vieille voiture déglinguée

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

beating

(= series of blows) → Schläge pl, → Prügel pl; to give somebody a beating → jdn verprügeln; (as punishment also) → jdm eine Tracht Prügel verabreichen (inf); to get a beating → verprügelt werden; (as punishment also) → Schläge or Prügel bekommen

(of drums, heart, wings) → Schlagen nt

(= defeat) → Niederlage f; to take a beating → eine Schlappe einstecken (inf); to take a beating (at the hands of somebody) → (von jdm) nach allen Regeln der Kunst geschlagen werden

to take some beating → nicht leicht zu übertreffen sein; (idea, insolence etc) → seines-/ihresgleichen suchen

(Hunt) → Treiben nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

beating

[ˈbiːtɪŋ] n

a. (punishment) → botte fpl
to give sb a beating → riempire qn di botte

b. (defeat) → sconfitta, batosta
to take a beating → prendere una (bella) batosta

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

beat

(biːt) – past tense beat: past participle ˈbeaten – verb

1. to strike or hit repeatedly. Beat the drum.

2. to win against. She beat me in a contest.

3. to mix thoroughly. to beat an egg.

4. to move in a regular rhythm. My heart is beating faster than usual.

5. to mark or indicate (musical time) with a baton etc. A conductor beats time for an orchestra.

noun

1. a regular stroke or its sound. I like the beat of that song.

2. a regular or usual course. a policeman's beat.

ˈbeater noun

ˈbeating noun

ˈbeaten adjective

1. overcome; defeated. the beaten team; He looked tired and beaten.

2. mixed thoroughly. beaten egg.

beat about the bush

to approach a subject in an indirect way, without coming to the point or making any decision.

beat down

1. (of the sun) to give out great heat. The sun's rays beat down on us.

2. to (force to) lower a price by bargaining. We beat the price down; We beat him down to a good price.

beat it

to go away. Beat it, or I'll hit you!; She told her little brother to beat it.

beat off

to succeed in overcoming or preventing. The old man beat off the youths who attacked him; He beat the attack off easily.

beat a (hasty) retreat

to go away in a hurry. The children beat a hasty retreat when he appeared.

beat up

to punch, kick or hit (a person) severely and repeatedly. He beat up an old lady.

off the beaten track

away from main roads, centres of population etc.

beating

n. pulsación, latido

[with blows] paliza, zurra.

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She not only abstained from beating him, but encouraged him.

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A CHIEF of Police who had seen an Officer beating a Thug was very indignant, and said he must not do so any more on pain of dismissal.

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"I am such a little boy, I'm afraid of their beating me if I ring them up out of their beds, without somebody to speak for me."

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Denisov sat down by the old ladies and, leaning on his saber and beating time with his foot, told them something funny and kept them amused, while he watched the young people dancing, Iogel with Natasha, his pride and his best pupil, were the first couple.

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It seemed centuries--possibly it was no more than ten minutes that the beating continued.

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Their restless activity, like unto the beating of the wings of an imprisoned bird, had given him his name.

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Then the Hunter said that to the old donkey, which was the witch, three beatings and one meal; to the younger one, which was the servant, one beating and three meals; and to the youngest one, which was the maiden, no beating and three meals; for he could not find it in his heart to let the maiden be beaten.

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Between the marble cenotaphs on either hand of the pulpit, the wall which formed its back was adorned with a large painting representing a gallant ship beating against a terrible storm off a lee coast of black rocks and snowy breakers.

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But to the man on whose land Abu Hussein shall run into a hole such as is this hole, I will give not dollars, but a most unmeasurable beating. Is it understood?"