beating /ˈbiːtɪŋ/ noun3 •a series of hard hits on someone or something, often in an attack or as a punishment[…] to support or agree with the persecutions, beatings, dehumanizings, insults, murders, genocides, and oppressions of a perpetrator's target […] — 2008 •A heavy defeat or setback. •The pulsation of the heart. formsbeatings
