The meaning of BEATING is an act of striking with repeated blows so as to injure or damage; also : the injury or damage thus inflicted. How to use beating in a sentence.

He escaped a beating. fig. This chair has taken a beating over the years (= been used often and damaged).

1. to strike or hit repeatedly.

If someone is given a beating, they are hit hard many times, especially with something such as a stick. ...after a savage beating by fellow inmates. The team secured pictures of prisoners showing signs of …

Definition of beating noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun beating, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.

BEATING definition: the act of a person or thing that beats, as to punish, clean, mix, etc.. See examples of beating used in a sentence.

Many investors took quite a (bad) beating [=lost a lot of money] when the stock market crashed.