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countable and uncountable, plural beatings
The action by which someone or something is beaten. quotations examples
The fight is not all one-sided. Lion is taking a savage beating as the two flagships trade body blows almost independent of the furious carronade going on behind them.
2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 14:13 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 4 August 2022
A heavy defeat or setback. quotations examples
To increase United's pain, this was their first home defeat in any competition since April 2010, when they lost to Chelsea - but even that defeat, which effectively cost them the title, may not turn out to have the same long-term significance as this heavy beating.
2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City”, in BBC Sport
The pulsation of the heart. examples
present participle and gerund of beat examples