Overview of noun beating

The noun beating has 2 senses

• beating, whipping -- (the act of overcoming or outdoing)


• beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking -- (the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows)

Overview of verb beat

The verb beat has 23 senses

• beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish -- (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game")


• beat, beat up, work over -- (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students")


• beat -- (hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe")


• beat, pound, thump -- (move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast")


• beat -- (shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares")


• drum, beat, thrum -- (make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night")


• beat -- (glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us")


• beat, flap -- (move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky")


• beat -- (sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind")


• beat, scramble -- (stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream")


• beat -- (strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically")


• beat -- (be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!")


• beat, bunk -- (avoid paying; "beat the subway fare")


• tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat -- (make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight")


• beat, flap -- (move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping")


• beat -- (indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm")


• pulsate, beat, quiver -- (move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement")


• beat -- (make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest")


• beat -- (produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum")


• beat -- (strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting)


• outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent -- (beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors")


• perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound -- (be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me")


• exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out -- (wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam")