beating

beat·ing  (btng)

n.

1. An act of repeated hitting or striking.

2. A sound defeat.

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

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

5. Physics The periodic variation in amplitude of a wave produced by the superposition of two waves of different frequencies, resulting in segments of louder, and then quieter, sound.

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beating [ˈbiːtɪŋ]

n

1. a whipping or thrashing, as in punishment

2. a defeat or setback

take some or a lot of beating to be difficult to improve upon

Thesaurus

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

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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.

Translations

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

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 tabac
beat-up [ˈbiːtʌp] adj [car] → déglingué(e) >
a beat-up old car → une vieille bagnole > déglinguée, une vieille voiture déglinguée

beating

n

(= 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

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