beating
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈbiːtɪŋ/
- NSFW
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paliza
- They're beating old people with sticks, beating them over the head.
- suffer a beating
- wife beating
- police beatings
So my body can take a lot of beating, and that's good.
- So my body can take a lot of beating, and that's good.
- So at this point, beatings are daily.
- That was fun, male, male beatings, man like.
Examples
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The woman is presented as enjoying a beating and thinking that such abuse is the natural state.
Academic text (1999) -
The police intervened when they saw a group of men giving a vicious beating to the helpless victim.
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I'll give you the beating of your life.
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I'll do anything to get out of a beating.
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If it means getting out early, I'll take another beating from your mob.
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I'm taking a hell of a beating.
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You'll take a beating, Rocky.
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His childhood was rife with beatings, sexual abuse, and outright torture at the hands of his father.
Academic text (2011) -
In the mine compounds, punishment for disobeying regulations included beatings and solitary confinement.
Academic text (1998) -
After receiving a severe beating from his classmates, he felt too afraid to go back to school.
Synonyms
72
2.9
A series of strong, repeated hits or beats
33
4.8
A hit on a child's bottom as punishment
22
3.8
Beating a person or animal with a whip as punishment
18
6.5
Repeated violent hitting or strong criticism that causes harm
12
2.8
A series of hard hits against something, often loud and strong
11
5.7
Physical hitting of a person to make them obey rules
7
4.4
A violent act of hitting a person or damaging a thing
6
7.0
Beating someone with a whip or strap as punishment
6
6.7
A severe beating given to someone as punishment
4
8.6
A violent attack where a person is hit many times
4
8.1
A hard hit given to someone as punishment
4
6.9
To punish someone by hitting them with a stick
1
8.0
An act of beating someone with a whip as punishment
1
4.8
Hitting someone or something very hard, often with a fist
1
4.6
A quick hard hit with an open hand that makes a sharp sound
1
5.1
A light spanking with a flat board used as punishment
1
6.5
A heavy loss in a game or a serious physical beating
1
8.6
A severe beating given as punishment
A severe beating that someone gets as punishment
Hitting someone with an open hand like a slap
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
6
7.5
Continuing to talk about something already decided and pointless
Compounds
A musical instrument that makes sound when a thin piece of wood or cane vibrates as you blow
How Violent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Beating comes from the old English root beat, which meant 'to hit'. It gives a clear image of being struck again and again, so a beating is a physical act of repeated hitting as punishment or violence.