beating
Meaning
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- The action by which someone or something is beaten.
- A heavy defeat or setback.
- The pulsation of the heart.
Synonyms
trampling down
fierce competition
sound of knocking
hiding 2
striking at
striking with a hammer
what-for
dreekinʼ
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbiːtɪŋ/
New
beat
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- A stroke; a blow.
- A pulsation or throb.
- A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
- A rhythm.
- A rhythm.
- The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
- The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
- A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
- An area of a person's responsibility, especially
- An area of a person's responsibility, especially
- An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.
- (colloquial) That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.
- A precinct.
- A place of habitual or frequent resort.
- A place of habitual or frequent resort.
- A low cheat or swindler.
- The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
- A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
- (slang) A makeup look; compare beat one's face.
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