Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beating

/ˈbiːtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.43 in modern English

Syllables: beat-ing
IPA: /ˈbiːtɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The action by which someone or something is beaten.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A heavy defeat or setback.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The pulsation of the heart.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of beat

Example Sentences

"the beating of a drum"
"secret beatings of prisoners"
"[…] to support or agree with the persecutions, beatings, dehumanizings, insults, murders, genocides, and oppressions of a perpetrator's target […]"
"“It was one of the most severe beatings they’ve seen on tape,” an FDNY insider said, recalling the reaction by brass who viewed video of the bloody fisticuffs."
"The fight is not all one-sided. Lion is taking a savage beating as the two flagships trade body blows almost independent of the furious carronade going on behind them."
"Human rights organisations say many experience imprisonment and beatings along the way."

Etymology

By surface analysis, beat + -ing.

Usage

Inflected Forms

beatings (plural)

Derived Forms

drumbeating goldbeating unbeating wifebeating

Phrases

ass beating bare beating beating heart breast-beating chest-beating take some beating wife-beating corporal punishment

Frequently Paired Words

chastisement corporal punishment flagellation toco whackage

Synonyms

ass beating ass kicking battering beatdown beating boom-boom clobbering dressing-down drubbing dusting flogging hiding

Rhymes With

meeting eating treating competing cheating heating completing repeating seating greeting defeating deleting

Questions

How do you pronounce beating?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbiːtɪŋ/.
What does beating mean?: The action by which someone or something is beaten.
Where does beating come from?: By surface analysis, beat + -ing.

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