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BEATING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
Synonyms:
beating; drubbing; lacing; licking; thrashing; trouncing; whacking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("beating" is a kind of...):
corporal punishment (the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beating"):
flagellation; flogging; lashing; tanning; whipping (beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment)
flagellation (beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation)
Derivation:
beat (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of overcoming or outdoing
Synonyms:
beating; whipping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("beating" is a kind of...):
combat; fight; fighting; scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)
Derivation:
beat (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb beat
Context examples:
The recurrent, measured movements (rhythm) of a beating heart.
(Heart Rhythm, NCI Thesaurus)
The recurrent, measured movements (rhythm) of a beating heart in a fetus.
(Fetal Heart Rhythm, NCI Thesaurus)
Even if you haven't had training, you can do "hands-only" CPR for a teen or adult whose heart has stopped beating ("hands-only" CPR isn't recommended for children).
(CPR, NIH)
An electronic device designed to record the electric currents of a beating heart, as part of a larger device.
(EKG or ECG Device Subassembly Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
An electrocardiographic finding of a type of atrioventricular dissociation characterized by the atria (P waves) and ventricles (QRS complexes) beating at similar rates, although independently.
(Isorhythmic Atrioventricular Dissociation, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
This can cause: • Palpitations (feelings that your heart is skipping a beat, fluttering, or beating too hard or too fast) • Shortness of breath • Cough • Fatigue, dizziness, or anxiety • Migraine headaches • Chest discomfort
(Mitral Valve Prolapse, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
And he had come there the next day, hurrying from school to be there first, and beating Cheese-Face by two minutes.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
By the door a horse stood tethered, the ruddy glow beating strongly upon his brown head and patient eyes, while his body stood back in the shadow.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Those creatures frightened me so badly that my heart is beating yet.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
In a moment the creature, beating and bumping along the wall like a huge moth within a gas-shade, came upon the opening, squeezed its hideous bulk through it, and was gone.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
