beating
About 7.77 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The action by which someone or something is beaten.
the beating of a drum
- noun A heavy defeat or setback.
- noun The pulsation of the heart.
- verb present participle and gerund of beat
Similar words
drubbing thrashing whipping whacking pulsating pulsing rhythmical rhythmic trouncing hitting
Often followed by
of the and heart a up in on his
Word family
beatings
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