beating

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noun

1. A punishment dealt with blows or lashes: flogging, hiding, lashing, thrashing, whipping. Informal trimming. Slang licking. See attack/defend, reward/punish/deserve.
2. The act of defeating or the condition of being defeated: defeat, drubbing, overthrow, rout, thrashing, vanquishment. Informal massacre, trimming, whipping. Slang dusting, licking. See win/lose/recovery.

IN BRIEF: n. - The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows; The act of overcoming or outdoing. Also: Moving with pulsation, throbbing.

What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart? — Orison Swett Marden

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See words rhyming with "beating."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - prygl, tæv

idioms:

• take some beating    være vanskelig at overgå

Nederlands (Dutch)
slaag, nederlaag

Français (French)
n. - raclée, fessée, batte (de métal), battement, roulement, battage (d'un tapis), (Sport) défaite, battement (des ailes, du c¯ur), battue (à la chasse)

idioms:

• take some beating    (ne pas être facile) à battre, vaincre, vaincre

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schläge, Niederlage, Klopfen

idioms:

• take some beating    nicht leicht zu übertreffen sein

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ξυλοδαρμός, ξυλοκόπημα, ήττα, κατατρόπωση, χτύπος, σφυγμός, κοπάνισμα, χτύπημα

idioms:

• take some beating    δύσκολα ξεπερνιέμαι

Italiano (Italian)
sculacciata, botte

idioms:

• take some beating    prenderle

Português (Portuguese)
n. - batida (f), surra (f), pulsação (f), derrota (f)

idioms:

• take some beating    sair perdendo, ser derrotado

Русский (Russian)
избиение, порка, телесное наказание

idioms:

• take some beating    быть трудным соперником, редко хуже этого

Español (Spanish)
n. - paliza, derrota, ojeo, batida (en la caza)

idioms:

• take some beating    es inmejorable

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - slag, stryk, slående, klappande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
打, 搏动, 挫败

idioms:

• take some beating    遭受一些损失, 难以超过

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 打, 搏動, 挫敗

idioms:

• take some beating    遭受一些損失, 難以超過

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 치기, 티피, 고동

idioms:

• take some beating    ~에 져서 타격을 입다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 打つこと, むち打ち, 鼓動, 打たれてできた跡, 打ち負かすこと, 敗北, 攪拌

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هزيمه, جلد, ضرب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הלקאה, הכאה, מלקות, תבוסה‬

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