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How to pronounce beating in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking
Type of corporal punishment
Has types whipping, flagellation, flogging, lashing, tanning
Derivation beat
Type Words
Synonyms whipping
Type of fight, fighting, scrap, combat
Derivation beat

Examples of beating

beating
They have been beating teams for two years and beating them pretty convincingly.
From the stltoday.com
He was within the slimmest of margins from beating Duke for the title last year.
From the sacbee.com
On Thursday night, they partied in the compound, waving flags and beating drums.
From the thenewstribune.com
I was told my job as a cardiac surgeon was to keep a heart beating by any means.
From the time.com
Pour a small amount of the hot mixture into beaten egg yolk, beating constantly.
From the post-gazette.com
Twenty years ago, IBM Corp. held the No. 1 position, narrowly beating out Exxon.
From the abcnews.go.com
Here's our top runner, who almost nobody knew about, beating the state champion.
From the democratandchronicle.com
He staged a comeback at Yankee Stadium at 41, beating Floyd Johnson in an upset.
From the kansas.com
He's accused of assaulting a former Missouri tutor and beating an ex-girlfriend.
From the thenewstribune.com
More examples
  • The act of overcoming or outdoing
  • The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
  • (beat) a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
  • (beat) all in(p): very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip"
  • (beat) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
  • (beat) pulse: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
  • The following is a complete list of episodes for the 1980s television series Dynasty, in broadcast order.
  • (.beat) Swatch Internet Time (or beat time) is a decimal time concept introduced in 1998 and marketed by the Swatch corporation as an alternative, decimal measure of time. ...
  • (Beat (1998 film)) Beat is a Japanese movie released in Japan in 1998, directed by Amon Miyamoto, set in the 60's in Okinawa. It was screened at critics week at the 1998 Venice film festival.