Synonyms for beating
ˈbi tɪŋbeat·ing

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1. beating, whippingnoun

   the act of overcoming or outdoing

   Synonyms:
   whacking, flogging, whipstitch, whipstitching, lacing, whipping, lashing, drubbing, thrashing, licking, walloping, debacle, trouncing, tanning, flagellation, slaughter

2. beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whackingnoun

   the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

   Synonyms:
   thrashing, trouncing, walloping, debacle, whacking, drubbing, whipping, defeat, lacing, lace, licking, slaughter

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1. beatingnoun

   Synonyms:
   striking, drubbing, flogging, thrashing, cudgelling, pommelling, caning, flagellation, BASTINADO

2. beatingnoun

   Synonyms:
   beat, pulsation, throb, throbbing

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1. beatingadjective

   Synonyms:
   pulsating, throbbing, pulsatile

2. beatingnoun

   Synonyms:
   flagellation, drubbing, flogging, fustigation, castigation, thumping, mauling, verberation, pommeling, pulsation, throb, throbbing, saltation, defeat, repulse, malleation, forging, welding

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1. List of paraphrases for "beating":

   defeating, beat, hitting, caning, flying, spanking, hit, assault

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1. Jennifer Lopez:

   Like my heart is beating out of my chest, and Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas was with me in my trailer. And then we walked to the set together when I was ready. And so for that scene it was, it was middle afternoon and I put on that costume, i'm walking in and I see all the people and as and I see all the cameras set up and all the guys talking and everything and I'm like,' my heart, my chest.'.

2. Colin Strother:

   It's a much different animal this time, he's going to have rivals who are women candidates, women of color, male candidates of color, policy experts. He can't campaign on the nostalgia of nearly beating Ted Cruz.

3. Dr. Laura Schlessinger:

   Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

4. Carl Sandburg:

   Who put up that cage?Who hung it up with bars, doors?Why do those on the inside want to get out?Why do those outside want to get in?What is this crying inside and out all the time?What is this endless, useless beating of baffled wings at these bars, doors, this cage?

5. Susan Rice:

   I hear drums beating for a potential war.