beating

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IPA^(key): /ˈbiːtɪŋ/
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Rhymes: -iːtɪŋ

Noun edit

beating (countable and uncountable, plural beatings)

The action by which someone or something is beaten.
the beating of a drum

secret beatings of prisoners
- 2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 14:13 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 August 2022:
  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.
A heavy defeat or setback.
- 2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City”, in BBC Sport‎^[2]:
  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.
The pulsation of the heart.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

action of the verb to beat

Arabic: ضَرْب (ar) m (ḍarb)
Armenian: ծեծ (hy) (cec)
Belarusian: біццё n (biccjó) (various senses), пабiццё n (pabiccjó) (battering of a person or an animal), пабо́i m pl (pabói)
Bulgarian: биене (bg) (biene), удряне (udrjane), бой (bg) (boj)
Catalan: pallissa (ca) f, batussa (ca)
Finnish: taonta (fi), selkäsauna (fi) (battering of a person or an animal), löylytys (fi) (battering of a person or an animal)
French: battage (fr) m
Galician: malleira f, malladura f, tunda f, zurra f, boura f, soba f
German: Schlagen n, Prügel (de) pl, Verprüglung f
Indonesian: tabuhan (id), pukulan (id)
Irish: greasáil f
Italian: bastonatura
Kabuverdianu: barapó
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: لێدان (ckb) (lêdan), تێھەڵدان (têhelldan)
Ladino: haftona
Malay: paluan (ms), pukulan (ms)
Norman: ronde f (Jersey), suée f (Jersey), dêgraîsseuse f (Jersey), latteuse f (Jersey), batt'tie f (Jersey)
Norwegian: slag (no) n
Polish: bicie (pl) n, uderzanie (pl) n or impf, wpierdol (pl) m (vulgar)
Portuguese: sova (pt) f, surra (pt) f
Russian: (various senses) бие́ние (ru) n (bijénije), битьё (ru) n (bitʹjó), (battering of a person or an animal) избие́ние (ru) n (izbijénije), побо́и (ru) m pl (pobói)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: cadra

Logudorese: cadda, batacchio, antarzu
Sassarese: matzàda, sagamàda, tùnda
Serbo-Croatian: tući, bȉti (sh), mlatiti (sh), udarati (sh), lupati (sh)
Spanish: paliza (es) f (Spain), golpiza (es) f (Latin America)
Swahili: uchapaji
Tamil: அடி (ta) (aṭi)
Telugu: కొట్టుట (te) (koṭṭuṭa)
Ukrainian: биття́ (uk) n (byttjá) (various senses), побиття́ n (pobyttjá) (battering of a person or an animal), побі́й m (pobíj)
Zazaki: derb f

a heavy defeat or setback

Bulgarian: поражение (bg) (poraženie)
Finnish: löylytys (fi) (informal)
Galician: malleira f
German: no equivalent term in German, but see vernichtende Niederlage f (crushing defeat)
Italian: bastonata (it), smacco (it) m, sconfitta (it) f, sonora sconfitta
Russian: пораже́ние (ru) n (poražénije)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: carda

Logudorese: irrugada, carda
Sassarese: adubàda, matzucàda
Spanish: paliza (es) f
Walloon: taene (wa) f, tatouye (wa) f

the pulsation of the heart

Bulgarian: туптене (bg) (tuptene)
French: battement (fr) m
Galician: latexo (gl) m, batido (gl) m, palpitación (gl) f
German: Herzschlag (de) m
Italian: battito (it) m
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: لێدان (ckb) (lêdan)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hjerteslag n

Nynorsk: hjarteslag n
Russian: бие́ние (ru) n (bijénije)
Spanish: latido (es) m

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Norman: ^{(please verify)} èrlîntcheuse f (Jersey)

Verb edit

beating

present participle and gerund of beat

Anagrams edit

betaing