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beating

[ bee-ting ]

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that beats, as to punish, clean, mix, etc.:

    Give the rug a good beating.

  2. a defeat or reverse; loss; setback

    Several stocks took a beating in the market today.

  3. the beating of her heart.



beating

/ ˈːɪŋ /

noun

  1. a whipping or thrashing, as in punishment
  2. a defeat or setback
  3. take some beating or take a lot of beating
    to be difficult to improve upon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of beating1

First recorded in 1200–50; from Middle English betynge; beat, -ing 1
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Virgil is vicious and terrifying, and, as Bailey puts it in an interview, “There is no quicker shorthand for a scumbag than someone who is beating up a defenseless woman.”

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Manchester City reached their third consecutive FA Cup final by beating Nottingham Forest on Sunday, but the semi-final was played against a backdrop of thousands of empty seats in the blue half of Wembley.

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My heart was beating just reading this text.

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Add eggs one at the time, beating well in between.

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If she can get there in under three hours 57 minutes, that would make her the fastest female MP, beating a record currently held by Jo Swinson, Liberal Democrat leader in 2019.

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