Beating

  

Beating

  [bee-ting]
Beating can mean:-

  • Beating, a Sailing term for making headway against the wind.
  • Beating up: hitting several or many times causing much bruising.

    • This is its usual meaning when it is a noun with a number or article, e.g. "a beating".
  • Or see battery (crime)
  • Beat (music)

    • Hence, beating means using a part of the body, especially the hands, to make a beat or rhythm.
  • Beat (acoustics)
  • Beating is part of the process of making paper, where the fibres of the pulp are separated and dispersed evenly in water
  • Participle and gerund of the verb beat in its various senses.

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