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Beating

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Definitions for Beating

noun
the act of overcoming or outdoing
Synonyms
whipping
noun
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
Synonyms
thrashing licking drubbing lacing trouncing whacking
verb
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Synonyms
beat beat out crush shell trounce vanquish
Examples
  1. Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
  2. We beat the competition
  3. Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
verb
give a beating to
Synonyms
beat beat up work over
Examples
  1. subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
  2. Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night
  3. The teacher used to beat the students
verb
hit repeatedly
Synonyms
beat
Examples
  1. beat on the door
  2. beat the table with his shoe
verb
move rhythmically
Synonyms
beat pound thump
Examples
  1. Her heart was beating fast
verb
shape by beating
Synonyms
beat
Examples
  1. beat swords into ploughshares
verb
make a rhythmic sound
Synonyms
drum beat thrum
Examples
  1. Rain drummed against the windshield
  2. The drums beat all night
verb
glare or strike with great intensity
Synonyms
beat
Examples
  1. The sun was beating down on us
verb
move with a thrashing motion
Synonyms
beat flap
Examples
  1. The bird flapped its wings
  2. The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky
verb
sail with much tacking or with difficulty
Synonyms
beat
Examples
  1. The boat beat in the strong wind
verb
stir vigorously
Synonyms
beat scramble
Examples
  1. beat the egg whites
  2. beat the cream
verb
strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
Synonyms
beat
Examples
  1. beat one's breast
  2. beat one's foot rhythmically
verb
be superior
Synonyms
beat
Examples
  1. Reading beats watching television
  2. This sure beats work!
verb
avoid paying
Synonyms
beat bunk
Examples
  1. beat the subway fare
verb
make a sound like a clock or a timer
Synonyms
tick ticktock ticktack beat
Examples
  1. the clocks were ticking
  2. the grandfather clock beat midnight
verb
move with a flapping motion
Synonyms
beat flap
Examples
  1. The bird's wings were flapping
verb
indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
Synonyms
beat
Examples
  1. Beat the rhythm
verb
move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
Synonyms
pulsate beat quiver
Examples
  1. the city pulsated with music and excitement
verb
make by pounding or trampling
Synonyms
beat
Examples
  1. beat a path through the forest
verb
produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
Synonyms
beat
Examples
  1. beat the drum
verb
strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
Synonyms
beat
verb
beat through cleverness and wit
Synonyms
outwit overreach outsmart outfox beat circumvent
Examples
  1. I beat the traffic
  2. She outfoxed her competitors
verb
be a mystery or bewildering to
Synonyms
perplex vex stick get puzzle mystify baffle beat pose bewilder flummox stupefy nonplus gravel amaze dumbfound
Examples
  1. This beats me!
  2. Got me--I don't know the answer!
  3. a vexing problem
  4. This question really stuck me
verb
wear out completely
Synonyms
exhaust wash up beat tucker tucker out
Examples
  1. This kind of work exhausts me
  2. I'm beat
  3. He was all washed up after the exam

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