Definition of beatings Beatings

/biˈtɪŋz/ - [beetingz] -

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Noun Plural: beatings
beating - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
		thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
		corporal punishment the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
		flogging, flagellation, lashing, tanning, whipping beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation
beating - the act of overcoming or outdoing
		whipping
		fighting, combat, scrap, fight an engagement fought between two military forces

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beating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Beat
beating (n.)
The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.
beating (n.)
Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.
beating (n.)
Pulsative sounds. See Beat, n.
beating (n.)
The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.

beating
in navigation, the operation of making a progress at sea against the direction of the wind, in a zig-zag line, or traverse, like that in which we ascend a steep hill. As this method of sailing will be particularly explained under the term TACKING, the reader is referred to that article.
To BECALM, derober, (from calme, Dut.) to intercept the current of the wind, in its passage to a ship, with any contiguous object, as a shore above her sails, a high sea behind, or some other ship. At this time the sails remain in a state of rest, and are consequently deprived of their power to govern the motion of the ship.

beating
The operation of making progress by alternate tacks at sea against the wind, in a zig-zag line, or transverse courses; beating, however, is generally understood to be turning to windward in a storm or fresh wind.