beating

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːtɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -iːtɪŋ

Noun

beating (plural beatings)

1. The action by which someone or something is beaten.

   the beating of a drum

   secret beatings of prisoners

2. A heavy defeat or setback.
   • 2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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.

3. The pulsation of the heart.

Translations

action of the verb to beat

• Arabic: ضرب (ar) m (ḍarb)
• Armenian: ծեծ (hy) (cec)
• Bulgarian: биене (bg) (biene), удряне (udrjane), бой (bg) (boj)
• 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
• Italian: bastonatura
• Kabuverdianu: barapó
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ,

• Norman: ronde f (Jersey), suée f (Jersey), dêgraîsseuse f (Jersey), latteuse f (Jersey), batt'tie f (Jersey)
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• 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)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: cadra

  Logudorese: cadda, batacchio, antarzu

• Sassarese: matzàda, sagamàda, tùnda
• Serbo-Croatian: tući (sh), bȉti (sh), mlatiti (sh), udarati (sh), lupati (sh)
• Telugu: కొట్టుట (te) (koṭṭuṭa)

a heavy defeat or setback

• Bulgarian: поражение (bg) (poraženie)
• Finnish: löylytys (fi) (informal)
• Galician: malleira f
• Italian: bastonata (it), smacco (it) m, sconfitta (it) f, sonora sconfitta
• Russian: пораже́ние (ru) n (poražénije)
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• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: carda

  Logudorese: irrugada, carda

• Sassarese: adubàda, matzucàda
• Walloon: taene (wa) f, tatouye (wa) f

the pulsation of the heart

• Bulgarian: туптене (bg) (tuptene)
• French: battement (fr) m
• Italian: battito (it) m
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hjerteslag n

  Nynorsk: hjarteslag n

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

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Translations to be checked

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

beating

1. present participle of beat

Anagrams

• betaing