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.

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

noun 2. defeat, ruin, overthrow, pasting (slang) conquest, rout, downfall

Translations

beating [ˈbiːtɪŋ] n → paliza, golpiza (LAM);

to take a beating → recibir una paliza

beating [ˈbiːtɪŋ] beat n → raclée f

beating [ˈbiːtɪŋ] n → Schläge pl, Prügel pl;

to take a beating (fig) → eine Schlappe einstecken

beating [ˈbiːtɪŋ] n → botte fpl (= defeat); batosta;

to take a beating → prendere una (bella) batosta