beating

noun
/ˈbiːtɪŋ/

The action by which someone or something is beaten.

Other meanings

A heavy defeat or setback.
The pulsation of the heart.

Related words

drumbeating
goldbeating
unbeating
wifebeating
ass beating
chest-beating
wife-beating
beating heart
breast-beating
take some beating
bare beating

Example sentences

“Your heart is beating at a normal rate.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0
“Are you done beating yourself up?”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“You can't keep beating yourself up over things that happened years ago.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “beating” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.