beating
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbiːtɪŋ/
beating (plural beatings)
- The action by which someone or something is beaten.
- the beating of a drum
- secret beatings of prisoners
- A heavy defeat or setback.
- The pulsation of the heart.
- French: battage
- Italian: bastonatura
- Portuguese: sova, surra
- Russian: (various senses) бие́ние
- present participle of beat#English|beat
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