beating
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- //ˈbiːtɪŋ//
The action by which someone or something is beaten.
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The action by which someone or something is beaten.
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.
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A heavy defeat or setback.
To increase United's pain, this was their first home defeat in any competition since April 2010, when they lost to Chelsea - but even that defeat, which effectively cost them the title, may not turn out to have the same long-term significance as this heavy beating.
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The pulsation of the heart.
Étymologie
By surface analysis, beat + -ing.
verbe
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Aussi une forme de beatpresent participle and gerund of beat
Formes
- pluriel
- beatings
beating · The action by which someone or something is beaten.
Beatles · An extremely successful and influential British rock music…Beatrice · A female given name from Latin.beats · An assault by beating.