The action or an act of hitting or beating a person or thing; beating or flogging, esp. as a punishment. Cf. thrashing, n. 2. Now rare.

The action of beating severely.

The action of rib-roast, v.; beating, cudgelling.

An act of beating or thrashing, esp. with a stick or similar weapon; a flogging. Also figurative. Cf. baste, v.3

The action of swinge, v.1; scourging, flogging, beating, dealing of blows.

(In quot. 1610 figurative = contending, opposing.)

a beating, a thrashing.

An act of rib-roasting a person or animal; a beating, a cudgelling. Cf. rib-roast, n.1

The action of maul, v.1; an instance of this.

The action or an act of piercing, beating, or striking. Also figurative. Cf. pink, v.1 2. Now rare (chiefly Scottish).

a beating, a thrashing; also transferred, figurative, and attributive.

beating.

The action of beating or striking so as to cause damage, pain, or injury; esp. flogging or scourging. Also: an instance of this, a stroke, a blow…

A beating, a drubbing; a sharp censure.

slang. Short for rib-roasting, n. Obsolete. rare.

The action or an act of hitting or beating a person repeatedly and violently, esp. as a punishment using a stick, whip, etc.

A beating.

The action of beating or thrashing a person; a beating, a thrashing.

spec. The action or an act of seizing a person by the arms and legs and striking his or her rump against a post, wall, etc., esp. as a…

A beating, thrashing; also used by sailors of rough or stormy weather. (colloquial or slang.)

slang. The action of beating or fighting with the fists; a beating, a fist fight. Frequently attributive. Now rare.

A flogging, thrashing, beating.

In extended use and figurative. Sport. The infliction of severe blows, esp. in boxing; hard hitting; high scoring. Also: the action or result of…

colloquial. A thrashing, a beating-up. Frequently in to give a person a doing. Also figurative: a thorough defeat or overthrow.

Originally slang. The action or an instance of assaulting, beating, or fighting a person; (now usually) spec. the action or an instance of…

colloquial, English regional, and U.S. regional. A scolding or a severe reprimand. Also: a beating, a thrashing (cf. jacket, v. 3, to dust (also t…

slang. A beating, a thrashing. Also figurative: a heavy defeat; a severe punishment. Cf. basting, n.3, nointing, n. 2.

slang. A beating, drubbing, thrashing.

The action of tan, v.; an instance of this.

(a) expressing the sound of a stringed instrument; (b) a thumping or beating.

The action of rib, v.2 (in various senses); an instance of this.

A severe beating; a violent blow. Now chiefly nursery.

with adv., as beating down, beating off, beating-up (cf. to beat up 6 at beat, v.1 phrasal verbs), etc.

A beating or thrashing, a ‘pasting’; a defeat. slang.

= hiding, n.2

The action or an act of hitting or striking someone or something; esp. a thrashing, a beating-up. Cf. twat, v.2

Chiefly as duffing-up. An act of hitting or thumping something or someone; a beating; a drubbing. Also figurative.