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Noun: beating beeting- The act of overcoming or outdoing
- whipping - The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
- thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
Verb: beat (beat,beaten) beet- Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
"Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"
- beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish - Give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
"Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
- beat up, work over - Hit repeatedly
"beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe" - Move rhythmically
"Her heart was beating fast"
- pound, thump - Shape by beating
"beat swords into ploughshares" - Make a rhythmic sound
"The drums beat all night"
- drum, thrum - Glare or strike with great intensity
"The sun was beating down on us" - Move with a thrashing motion
"The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
- flap - Sail with much tacking or with difficulty
"The boat beat in the strong wind" - Stir vigorously
"beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"
- scramble - Strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
"beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically" - Be superior
"Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!" - Avoid paying
"beat the subway fare"
- bunk - Make a sound like a clock or a timer
"the grandfather clock beat midnight"
- tick, ticktock, ticktack - Move with a flapping motion
- flap - Indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
"Beat the rhythm" - Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- pulsate, quiver - Make by pounding or trampling
"beat a path through the forest" - Produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
"beat the drum" - Strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- Beat through cleverness and wit
"I beat the traffic"
- outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, circumvent - Be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"
- perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound - Wear out completely
"I'm beat"
- exhaust, wash up, tucker [N. Amer], tucker out [N. Amer]
Derived forms: beatings See also: beatable, beaten, beater Type of: agitate, be, bedevil, befuddle, cheat, chisel, combat, commove, confound, confuse, corporal punishment, create, defeat, discombobulate, displace, disturb, exceed, fag, fag out [Brit], fatigue, fight, fighting, forge, form, fox, fuddle, get the better of, glare, go, jade, make, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], move, outdo, outgo [archaic], outmatch, outperform, outstrip, outwear, overcome, play, raise up, rip off, sail, scrap, shake up, shape, sound, stir up, strike, surmount, surpass, throw, tire, tire out, vex, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary, work Encyclopedia: Beat Beating |