Definition of beating

(the act of overcoming or outdoing)

(the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows)

(come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game")

(give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students")

(hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe")

(move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast")

(shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares")

(make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night")

(glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us")

(move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky")

(sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind")

(stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream")

(strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically")

(be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!")

(avoid paying; "beat the subway fare")

(make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight")

(move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping")

(indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm")

(move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement")

(make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest")

(produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum")

(strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting)

(beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors")

(be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me

(wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam")